Scripture for Life: The parable of the seed which grows by itself offers an antidote to pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps scenarios that preach that the harder you work, the more God will love and reward you.
Scripture for Life: On this day, like every Sunday, we repeat the celebration that forges our identity and strengthens us to be the very body of Christ that we receive.
We say: The pandemic put enormous strain on the U.S. Catholic Church, but the Gospel endures. Perhaps all of us in the Anglophone church need to listen more to the faith-filled confidence of our Latino brothers and sisters.
NCR Connections: As part of NCR's intentional, concerted effort to increase its coverage of and engagement with Latinx voices in the church, we are launching the Latino Catholics Project.
