Society's "clowns" force us to surrender what we think we know in favor of a greater joy, writes Jim McDermott. They teach us a sort of mercy toward a world not living up to our expectations.
We tend to think of God as transcendent, omniscient, omnipotent — as larger and wider and deeper than the universe and everything in it. Yet with Elijah, God is a still small voice, a whisper of gentleness.
It can be a pretty stiff test of character to not only forgive but also to ask for forgiveness. There's pain, there's suffering, there's challenge. In fact, at times, it seems an impossible task.
We are all Simon of Cyrene, writes Sr. Jeannine Gramick. We're asked to carry a huge, splinter-filled cross and we don't know why. We don't know where we're going. But when we trust, we're not lost.
Soul Seeing: Joni Woelfel reflects on the spiritual growth that occurs as we look through the eyes of the soul when we are going through a season of diminishment.
Michael Leach shares his journey of grief with readers, knowing that many are suffering through the same process and offering a hand to hold at the crossroad of hope and despair.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is in the midst of a multi-million dollar campaign to reinforce belief in the real presence of the Eucharist. But the real presence of Christ freely reveals itself to us, everywhere we look.
Soul Seeing: Jesus was a human being who had to learn about life — and the learning didn't stop in childhood. Even as an adult, he maintained this openness, this profound curiosity.
