"People are constantly being invited to wholeness, which is holiness, I suppose," Greg Boyle says. "People are all just walking each other home. It's all about relational wholeness, and it's the relationship that heals."
Commentary: For Augustine, we face the constant temptation to seize things for ourselves — freedom, democracy, even God — instead of understanding such goods as belonging also to others.
Soul Seeing: Surprisingly, the tempestuous time of the past year taught me how to live a more grounded life in 2021. The key is to release my grip on the helm and trust in the providence of God.
Scripture for Life: We are called to the kind of prophetic dedication that will lead people to know Christ's love because they have met us. Jesus said exactly that when he said, "Whoever receives you, receives me."
Novena for Pentecost: Join Dan Schutte in a virtual novena for Pentecost. Some people just seem better equipped temperamentally to be kind. But we can work at it too.
Young Voices: There are some whose social justice work can be a balm to those they serve. There are also those who are as vicious as St. Peter cutting off someone's ear — though today the cutting tends to be from trolling words.
Distinctly Catholic: In this vale of tears, dogs bring more than companionship. They bring love, the unconditional love of a kind we humans are not capable and that we associate with the divine.
