Horizons - We Dominican nuns are really grateful to the Catholic mothers and benefactors for their kind and generous hearts and their help with our mission to help people living in poverty. Thanks to their cooperation, we can better serve the poor.
Rereading Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" recently, I realized that many seeds for the consciousness we're struggling to act out of today may have been germinating back when it debuted in 1938.
Severe asthma, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation sent me to the hospital. I knew the routine. But in desperation amid one more mandated test and more meds for an already overloaded digestive system, I had an idea.
God isn't going to just show up and "fix us." That's not how it works. We need to put time and effort into first identifying and then softening our stony hearts.
Horizons - I found myself seeking out modern-day Mary Magdalenes — people silenced when they try to share the good news, announce the change needed in our world, or dare to claim their role in the Resurrection.
The visit of Pope Francis and other church leaders was a strong statement is a strong statement to the people of South Sudan that Christians worldwide stand with them in their struggles against injustice and violence.
Although we often tend to be dualistic in our thinking by seeing a dichotomy between the "sacred" and the "secular," both belong to the same reality, and the secular is also sacred.
Here is a lesson from two Gospel no-names. Get a grip on your need, whatever it is, wherever it may be. Carry it as far as you can with every strength and ingenuity in you. Then let go.
Easter is "the rain of our lives." It comes when we are almost giving up, and brings water to our drooping spirits. When the disciples were at their lowest point, the resurrected Jesus appeared to them.
In the years I have been listening to the Passion narrative read aloud during Holy Week, I don't think I've ever thought much about the people in the crowd yelling for Jesus' death. Who were they? Why were they there?
Deep down, we are all pilgrims; we are all on a journey searching for a goal, a dream or an ideal. As human beings, we are born with the capacity for exodus, for going out of ourselves to love, help, welcome and receive.
This Lent, consider your own "fasting-feasting" program. What is it you want to do, or be? What do you need to feast on to accomplish that? What is it you want to let go of, or change? What may you need to fast from?
In Kenya, sisters coordinated training to regenerate degraded soil and grow organic food and entrepreneurial skills to help people start projects and generate income.
"Tent of refuge" is a powerful biblical image of God Amma that indicates protection, welcome, shelter and training. Faced with our difficult reality, I propose to rediscover the tent of refuge called Christian community.
During this Lenten season, it is worthwhile to unite all our pains with that of the suffering Messiah, in order to convert all painful situations into "redemptive pain," which will bear multiple fruits for all.
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph have been taking care of 750 acres of land in Kentucky since 1874. The farm is in our blood, and as we moved to leasing it, our questions centered on protecting the land.
If women's religious communities consider less familiar but more Gospel-principled alternatives in making choices about managing our physical assets and investments, our stories will continue to be transformative.
Horizons - After 15 minutes, what do we need to do? Take a break. That was the mindful living skill developed by St. Arnold Janssen — say a prayer, and get back to work refreshed!