The Joy of The Servant Song
During my senior year of college, we sang “The Servant Song” at every Thursday 5:05pm Mass. So it was very special to …
How To Describe a Mission Trip
[Editor’s Note: I’m delighted to introduce our newest contributor to the blog, Julia Blanchard. A native of Twinsburg, Ohio, Julia recently completed …
Images That Return Our Love
Readers of Hope Sings, So Beautiful and regular visitors to this website may recognize in this image the distinct iconography of William …
A Lover’s Prayer
Self-reflection is a built-in element of travel. It stirs within the traveler each time she is asked why she travels. “What is …
Black, Catholic, and Proud: Can I Hear the People Say Amen?
Part of the challenge – and joy – of writing on race relations is not knowing or having it figured out ahead …
On Forming a New Kind of Humanity: Adolfo Nicolás, SJ
Religion is less a code of doctrines and moral teachings than it is a sensitivity to the “dimensions of transcendence that underlie …
The Terrible Beauty and Power of Language
If you love the written and spoken word, and haven’t yet seen “The Book Thief,” director Brian Percival’s adaptation of the best-selling …
Water, Hypocrisy, and Hope in West Virginia
The truth of Appalachia is judgment upon us all.1 Penned in 1995, the pastoral letter At Home in the Web of Life …
We Go Walking Toward Peace
This year marked my fifth trip to Columbus, GA as a participant in the annual November vigil to close the School of …
Minding the Gap: In Thanksgiving for Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P.
In the Sunday Gospel today, Jesus tells the parable of a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus who lay hungry and …
