The role of women as communicators is important, as communication is not limited to words or the sharing of information; it is revealing Christ through every action, especially through the innate nature of being a female.
Like the astronauts aboard Artemis II, we are not alone, and when we work together as a community, we can experience our strength and find hope in the next possible emergence.
Theologians' Corner - God does not wait for us to have everything figured out. Instead, he gives us his Spirit in the middle of our confusion. A question remains — where in your life are you still "behind closed doors"?
Horizons: Jesus knows that what ultimately sustains us is not the permanence of institutions, but our ability to remain connected — to God, to one another and to love itself — even as the forms around us change.
"My encounters with the realities of poor communities helped me understand that 'the poor are the true evangelizers' as they endure daily struggles with deep faith in a God who liberates," writes Sr. Maureen Catabian.
Today I know that caring for the body is prayer. Eating the right food is also prayer. Exercising, and massaging my numb feet and hands daily — especially my right hand with lymphedema — is my duty to the Holy Spirit.
Theologians' Corner - We have imagined the Ascension as a vertical liftoff event: Jesus goes up, and we stay behind. This vision reinforces a dangerous dualism: the sacred vs. the profane, heaven vs. earth, God vs. humanity.
"What unsettles me the most is not the sophistication of the scam itself, " writes Sr. Helga Leija, "but the way it exploits the goodness of religious men and women."
The Ascension is not an invitation to remain still waiting for direction from above. It is a commission to move outward into the world as it is: fractured, beautiful and full of God's hidden presence.
