The Gift of Black Catholics to the Universal Church
I am grateful to all who virtually attended the 15th Annual Thomas Merton Black History Month Lecture,” on February 21, 2021, and …
Like Lightning from Heaven
“In our world today there are some prophets like John the baptizer, who are spectacular. They prepare our hearts to see Jesus. …
The Quickening of St. John the Baptist
“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a …
To Dare to Imagine Again: Pope Francis and Thomas Merton
Author’s Note: Today is the 52nd anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton, or better, his Second Birth, into new life with …
The Advent of Hope in a Beast of a Year
O Wisdom, you came forth from the mouth of the most High, and reaching from beginning to end, you ordered all things …
Advent Hope Through an Artist’s Eyes
One day last spring, my sixteen-year-old daughter, our artist-in-residence, came to me in a quandary. Grace was determined to begin a new …
Seeing Through the Tears of a Child
Certain realities in life we only see through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Pope Francis In January 2015, Pope Francis …
Elijah McClain, Pray for Us
Elijah McClain 25 February 1996 – 30 August 2019 – just posted tonight by my friend, the artist and iconographer, William Hart …
“Killed Just for Living in Your American Skin”
Author’s Note: It has long been my conviction that artists have a unique and potentially transformative role in bending the long “arc …
Hope Sings at Seven Years: A Resource for Deep Listening, Self-Reflection, and Action
When my book Hope Sings, So Beautiful was published in 2013, it felt a little like I was singing — or perhaps …
