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 …
Darkness, Fire and Light: The Wonders of Easter Remembrance
One of my earliest memories as a child involves standing outside the church entrance in the darkness of night during the Easter …
Swords into Plowshares: Daring to Speak the Impossible
Hope must be told, in image, in figure, in poem, in vision. It must be told sideways, told as one who dwells …
“Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead?” Praying Holy Week with U2
“Love endures beyond any earthly power to extinguish it.” “Mothers of the Disappeared” is the final track on Irish rock band U2’s …
Minding the Gap: In Thanksgiving for Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, OP
Author’s Note: Three years ago this month, I posted this tribute to Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez. I share it again today with much …
Black Suffering / White Revelation
Ten years ago, I published a major article in Theological Studies entitled “`Strange Fruit’: Black Suffering / White Revelation.” It was for …
Fr. Daniel Berrigan: RIP
Editor’s Note: Fr. Dan Berrigan died today. I met him once in Denver, and will never forget the gentleness and prophetic clarity …
Pilgrims of Earth
Rather than a problem to be solved, the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise. ~ …
Jesuit Education and the Bursting of Soap Bubbles
The widespread failure of our criminal justice system to secure the principle that black lives matter no less than white lives is …
Each, the Midwife of God
“Each of us,” says St. John of the Cross, is called to be “the midwife of God” in the world. Each of …
