I told myself that all adversities, inconveniences and insecurities of life are to be entrusted to God. By the power of God, I was strengthened to adjust, adapt and integrate into this new environment.
With belief comes the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with this Jesus gives us the power to forgive. The ease with which we forgive shows that we are indeed people of resurrection.
Womanhood is a gift to humanity. Women of the world give life to others with love, sacrifice and commitment, no matter where they live and what they do. They are an embodiment of God's love for others.
Philippines' presidential candidate Leni Robredo is a leader who advocates change without making false promises. If our Lord Jesus could vote on May 9, I believe that he would make a radical and a liberating choice.
Life isn't a Google Map. We can't always pick the fastest route or avoid highways and tolls. My spiritual journey can't be plotted out. Detours and diversions, construction and congestion are part of the deal.
In Chad we are living under a strict police state, with violations of human rights and freedoms. Economic and social affairs are in chaos. But the church's work in Chad, including our mission as sisters, offers hope.
The effort to be legally, ethically, politically, culturally, religiously and spiritually correct — and, if possible, all at the same time — is challenging. But it's the just thing to do.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano's eruption in Tonga recalls Matthew's Gospel account of darkness and sounds of an earthquake the day Jesus was crucified.
Horizons – A parish priest in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been washing the feet of the marginalized for nearly three decades before Pope Francis decreed that women's feet could be washed on Holy Thursday.
War is always a horrible brutality, leaving painful consequences that are hard to describe. Vietnamese people sympathize and pray for the tragic situation that the country and the people of Ukraine are suffering.
In the third millennium, St. Hildegard's concept of viriditas can illumine our hearts and minds to penetrate the depths of the mystery, as greenness of God's finger creates and re-creates consecrated life.
Mary and Jesus could have said "No," but they said "Yes." Their "Yes" continues to reverberate and emerges in each of us, as does our freedom to say "No."
The weeks leading up to Earth Day provide a time to realize that new life and hope can resurrect from the ashes of war and violence. We continue to pray for hope amid gloomy clouds of violence and despair.
The synod is a God event. This historic season in the church and in humanity urges us to enter into the biblical story, to trust and to embark on a new journey for the people of God.
For most of my life, I thought there was some sanity in the world, but as I have reflected on some events, I have had to wonder what could have caused so much pain to humanity, including in my own country of Kenya.
St. Hildegard of Bingen saw God's living power of light in creation and named it viriditas. What was extraordinary about her theological compositions and spirituality of viriditas, to make them relevant for all times?
What, after all, is it that we're looking for — if not the face of God? Someone who looks back, and does not turn away. Someone who is searching for us with Easter eyes.
Sr. Monica Coelho believes everyone deserves an education. For 21 years, she has worked to make differently abled children independent and helped them tap their hidden potential.
How can we follow Jesus' example to highlight and change practices and structures for the good of all, knowing that in the process we will likely be as misunderstood as Jesus was?
We have faith that flower bulbs will rise through the soil and break through the leaves that still cover the garden. They will be beautiful and — like us — they will die.