The Psychological Dimension of Mercy
(The following piece is a talk I gave at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Peoria Heights, IL. Pope Francis has announced a Jubilee Year of Mercy. This was the ...
Sr. Rachel Bergschneider: Third Sunday of Lent
As I reflect on the Scriptures for the Third Sunday of Lent, I am reminded of an old American Indian story: “An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. ...
Governors Unite in the War Against Opioids
Article posted by the Washington Post Editorial Board Governors Unite in the War Against Opioids
Francis’ challenge to bishops
Posted by National Catholic Reporter http://ncronline.org/blogs/faith-and-justice/francis-challenge-bishops
Richard Rohr: Order, Disorder, Reorder
The Bible reveals the development of human consciousness and human readiness for a Divine Love Affair. The differences between earlier and later Scriptures clearly show an evolution of human capacity, ...
Richard Rohr: Self-Critical Thinking
In the Judeo-Christian scriptures, we read about people who found God in the actual, in seemingly secular history, and in mundane daily life. This is the Jewish matrix by which ...