Articles
from Joan Chittister on Easter
Holy Week, the seven days before the feast of Easter, is charged with meaning. It is a microcosm of Jesus’ public life in bas-relief.
Last week, The Catholic Register featured an article about the work of the Xavier Society, which provides Catholic spirituality books, transcribed into Braille, to blind people t
Hope and despair are not opposites.
From Where I Stand NCR 3/10/2022
The spiritual life does not come cheap.
There's always something.
"Being 'pure of heart' is not satisfied by physical behaviors or mere acts of public charity," writes Joan Chittister in a column for the National Catholic Reporter.
It is so easy to make God to our own image and likeness.
Ananda, the beloved disciple of the Buddha, once asked his teacher about the place of
Jesus who loved the Samaritan woman,
outcast proclaimer of your name,
let us love and support all those
who proclaim your name
to the gay and lesbian community.
Somewhere in life, we find ourselves facing walls that will not move.
From Where I Stand NCR 01/27/2022
It's all very ironic.