Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back. It’s a reflection on this Sunday’s liturgical readings entitled, “The Burning Bush and The Patient Gardener.”
Posts Tagged as ‘Catholic Identity’
January 20, 2010
The God Who Was Not There–or Here, Today
“‘My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?’ gave way–here is the heart of the story–to ‘But into your hands I commend my spirit.’ Jesus handed himself over to the God who was not there. And found God there. In trusting the One who was not there, Jesus was resurrected…” –James Carroll, from Practicing [...]
January 11, 2010
A Catholic Middling
When did this begin? When did I become a Catholic?
I started reading a book on major themes in literary theory this evening, and (naturally) the first chapter detailed the topic of “beginning” in literary criticism. The opening lines of Dante’s The Divine Comedy were among the examples treated in the chapter. These lines read: “Midway [...]
November 9, 2009
Easy Talk, Hard Livin’
I think it is safe to say that there has never been a time when religion existed that a need for inter-religious dialogue did not. And with the horror of the Holocaust looming, with the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ever-occupying our headlines, and with that image of the tumbling Twin Towers forever impressed upon [...]
October 21, 2009
This Is What A Catholic Woman Looks Like
New stuff on a new site!
Check out my article, “This Is What A Catholic Woman Looks Like,” featured in the “Young Women & Catholicism” column at www.Patheos.com.
October 18, 2009
Go Ahead, Again
In the process of juggling the heavy chalice and coarse white napkin during my first occasion of serving as a Eucharist Minister, I managed to spill the sweet, red, consecrated wine—the Blood of Christ. It spilled all over my shaking hands. It formed a tiny puddle atop of the burnt red tile of the Mission [...]
October 12, 2009
In Communion with John Kerry
Last Sunday I found myself smack in the middle of a protest between pro-choice feminists and anti-abortion Catholics. This Sunday I took communion with Senator John Kerry.
It wasn’t until halfway through the Mass that I realized the deep singing voice behind me belonged to the famous American Catholic politician. ”Peace be with you,” I said, [...]
October 8, 2009
A Contemporary Pilgrim’s “Progress”?
Check out my latest post on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled, “A Contemporary Pilgrim’s ‘Progress’?”
October 4, 2009
Where Do I Stand?
Today the sun finally broke through the clouds in Boston. So, after finishing lunch in a cute little Italian cafe in Beacon Hill, I decided to head to the nearby Boston Public Gardens for an afternoon stroll while making a phone call to an old friend from school. I didn’t get very far.
Still a couple [...]
September 30, 2009
Sometimes Love Is Stronger Than One’s Convictions
Sometimes love is stronger than [one's] convictions.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
It is my experience that one of the marks of falling in love, particularly in its glorious initial phases, is an unshakable desire to be with one’s partner. This desire is such that even when physical presence is impossible, alternative connections are eagerly welcomed: a [...]
