Women religious must move from a stage of development marked by relative certainty to one of tentativeness and hope of a fundamental breakthrough. They need to accept "the new normal" of being in transition.
During Advent, Our Lady of Guadalupe points to our limitless God who does not fit within our human limitations. As we ask "Now what?" during hard days or even disaster, we are invited to hold on to Our Lady's message of hope.
Sharing in Mary's motherhood makes me happy. I never begin my day without speaking to her. Even in utter loneliness and pain, I experience her comfort and love.
Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick of New Ways Ministry recently spoke on a panel with Jesuit Fr. James Martin of the Jesuit ministry Outreach, and a gay Catholic theologian, Jason Steidl Jack, author of LGBTQ Catholic Ministries: Past and Present.
A call for an awakening of the collective conscience in Nicaragua comes from writer Flying in V Formation, who advocates for freedom, justice and the reconstruction of a divided country.
Today, we hear some of Isaiah's most famous lines, "Prepare the way of the Lord! ... The glory of the Lord shall be revealed. All people shall see it together."
What resonates in everyone's heart is how ordinary people manifest unwavering religious convictions, standing by their faith, facing death, alienation from their family and village, and enduring the loss of land, property and comfort alike.
Sr. Ana Siufi analyzes Laudate Deum and invites us to a change of conscience.that leads us to recognize that everything is interconnected in a universal family.
I can't help thinking — or am I just hoping? — that there is something in the traditional observance of Advent that is beginning to speak to people for whom Christmas is not a religious event.
In some ways we get used to living in a country of war, until something happens to keep us alert to danger. This happened when I went to Loikaw, Myanmar, to visit my parents and Good Shepherd Sisters who work there.
Prayer, humility and love mark the short life of Blessed Maria Helena Stollenwerk of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. These attributes were not mere virtues; they were action verbs. She lived them.
Horizons - Look to the youngest saints (and soon-to-be saints) we have in our tradition for examples to imitate. They are who Jesus says is the greatest in the kingdom.
When I looked at a U.S. map, I realized that I did not know the South. More than that, the South made me nervous. So, I said to myself, if I want to "bridge divides," maybe I should start with the divides within myself.
Sr. Begoña Costillo reflects on the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how it transcends physical borders to reach into the depths of human desires and ambitions, with devastating consequences.
I've had colleagues, friends and even GSR editors tell me something along the lines of "You take a left field approach." I take that as a compliment. It serves me well when traditional prayer isn't working for me.
Is silent prayer about praying amidst a peaceful external environment, or does it mean being silent within? Is it merely about keeping one's mouth shut or about listening?
Scripture for Life: We celebrate this Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, on the heels of the first session of the synod on synodality. The synod is calling us to learn how to journey together as church and as the people of the world.
Dominican Sisters in Vietnam have collaborated with Sisters of Xuan Loc from the Holy Cross congregation, seeking to raise money from benefactors to assist the poor families in remote areas.
I realized my diet is not only the food I eat, but it is what I watch, what I listen to, what I read, the people I hang out with, and the things I subject my mind and soul to.
