Theologians' Corner - Palm Sunday reveals a painful mystery: God does not save us from a distance but rather from the inside of the human reality of brokenness.
"Each of us, like Mary, stands for God's family, witnessing God's love and faithfulness, and embracing our role as messengers of this Good News," writes Joyce Meyer.
"Across history, God continues to invite people to bring the Word into the world — to say yes to something larger than themselves," writes Sr. Mary Rose Kocab.
"Even as we hear the sounds of destruction we must tap into our stubborn hope to assess what are the good bones and begin the revisioning of what we have into what can be," writes Sr. Nancy Sylvester.
Theologians' Corner - The Gospel proclaimed this Sunday offers a framework neither of denial nor despair. Like Martha and Mary, the church is summoned to bring its grief, protest and questions directly before Christ.
Across the world, countless sisters live lives that will never be publicly recognized as heroic. Yet it is precisely in this ordinariness that holiness continues to take shape.
Theologians' Corner - Despite not knowing what Jesus looked like, the "blind man" was able to give witness to his healing presence. What did the blind man have that the others did not? A keen sense of attentiveness.