For us, addicts to the independence we think of as freedom, this month of meditating on Jesus as the Bread of Life has led us to hear Jesus question us: "Are you all in?"
"Although caring for malnourished children may have begun as a responsibility and urgent necessity, it is now the love of my life," writes Sr. Felicitas Asoh, who runs a health center in Cameroon.
For over seven years, in San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru, a creative apostolate involving four religious communities has been supporting transgender women who provide sexual services in the area.
Is God calling us today to a particular mission? All that we need when being called is an empty and humbled heart that will be filled with faith and hope by the one who calls us.
The words of Anne Frank and Amanda Gorman give Sr. Margaret Cessna hope that the world can be better. "Why not organize and put the universe to work?" she writes. "What if we did hearts across America?"
Scripture for Life: This week's liturgy warns us that our expectations may be the greatest obstacle keeping us from knowing what God keeps offering us.
The yearly Winter School at Regina Pacis Centre in South Africa teaches religious sisters the importance of ongoing formation, providing them with opportunities to deepen their understanding of religious vocation.
Susanna and other women who followed Jesus were attuned to his compassionate heart. These women could be called worthy of a "royal priesthood," a dedicated people.
