Jesus’ resurrection offers us the hope of new life.
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Posted Apr 09 2023 |
Posted Apr 08 2023 |
Mary Magdalene shows us how to proclaim Jesus' message of reconciliation and healing — even when we're afraid.
Posted Apr 07 2023 |
The violence of capital punishment does not have the final word — even on Good Friday.
Posted Apr 05 2023 |
On the first Holy Thursday, Jesus invited his human, fallible followers to sit at his table — and he does the same for us today.
Posted Mar 31 2023 |
Even as the victim of state-sanctioned killing, Jesus exemplified a self-emptying love that we are called to mirror.
Posted Mar 24 2023 |
God is not indifferent to suffering, he mourns in the depths of our pain.
Posted Mar 17 2023 |
Just as he once held Jesus, St. Joseph carries the hurts and hopes of our wayward world.
Posted Mar 16 2023 |
When we accept our "blindness" and vulnerabilities, we start to see God anew.
Posted Mar 10 2023 |
Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well is a remarkable expression of restorative justice.
Posted Mar 03 2023 |
Let's not let the noisiness of our lives drown out the sound of God's voice.
Posted Feb 24 2023 |
We all experience "desert moments." God will help us through them, if we allow him.
Posted Feb 21 2023 |
Faith isn't about shining a spotlight on ourselves. We have to cast our light outward, illuminating the dignity of others.
Posted Dec 15 2022 |
Jesus came to be present with us. We can embody that presence in our ministry to others.
Posted Dec 12 2022 |
During his time as a prison chaplain, Dr. Arturo Chávez met many "Juan Diegos" — men lost in the darkness of personal shame and systemic injustice.
Posted Dec 08 2022 |
"Lord, come and save us" is a refrain prayed by crime victims, the incarcerated, and those burdened by our broken criminal legal system.
Posted Dec 08 2022 |
Mary is there to comfort any mother who has lost a child — whether to illness, death, or incarceration.
Posted Dec 02 2022 |
God promises a justice far greater than the one offered by our criminal legal system.
Posted Nov 22 2022 |
If we "stay awake" we may see the Son of Man coming in even the most unlikely of places — like on death row.
Posted Apr 16 2022 |
Just as the stone of Jesus' tomb was rolled away to reveal the resurrected Christ, let us work together to remove the stones of oppression and reveal a more just world.
Posted Apr 14 2022 |
Fr. Larry Dowling describes Jesus's tomb as the womb of the Earth: the place in which we must sit with the suffering of the world in order to emerge resurrected.
