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Soon after moving to Florida, I fractured my ankle. My life felt fractured, too. Disoriented by the loss of a flourishing ministry and community in Ohio, I felt unmoored and painfully alone. The questions in my heart throbbed with the pain in my foot: Where am I? Where am I going? Disorientation sets in when […] The post Pray the Examen to find your spiritual path appeared first on U.S. Catholic .
August is a month full of mixed emotions as many of us try to pack in one last summer adventure. The expectation and anticipation that accompany the start of a new school year ask all of us, not just students and teachers: Are we open to learning new things? Is ongoing education a priority in […] The post We can’t have a healthy democracy without education appeared first on U.S. Catholic .
Why is the church so obsessed with sex?” Many of us Catholics have fielded this question from our non-Catholic friends, as well as some of our Catholic ones. The question often exposes a jarring disconnect between our lived faith and public perception. Although if we’re honest, we understand why it is asked: the U.S. Catholic […] The post In the story of the adulterous woman, who really sinned?…
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 22:19-23Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8Romans 11:33-36Matthew 16:13-20 Reflection: St. Peter, help us to do God’s will I wonder what Peter felt when Jesus said, “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.” Was he honored to receive such a charge? Did he become overwhelmed with the weight […] The post A Sunday reflection for August 23, 2026 appeared first on U.S.…
Since ChatGPT was unleashed upon us in 2022, we’ve heard dire warnings about the ultimate effect of artificial intelligence (AI) on human society and even the human species. In 2024, the International Monetary Fund said that AI would eventually affect 40 percent of the jobs currently done by humans. A fundamental goal of AI development, […] The post AI art risks destroying our imaginations…
Art Is How God Loves Us By Meridith Hite Estevez (Broadleaf Books, 2026) Google’s AI Overview would likely take one look at the floral cover, trendy title, and dustjacket blurbs for Art Is How God Loves Us: The Sacred Beauty of Created Things and characterize Meredith Hite Estevez’s book as another just-trust-Jesus, embrace-your-inner-artist spiritual memoir […] The post Art offers a glimpse of…
Midnight velvet box lined with stars, shimmer of silver comets tracing the ancient wooden door, directing you to enter & look inward at the night—be ruthless, be methodical. What is your starkest truth, the proof, laid bare—put on the high beams and probe the angles. I know it hurts because of what they have done; […] The post Confessional appeared first on U.S. Catholic .
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite readers to submit their responses to these opinion essays—whether agreement or disagreement—in the survey that follows. Click below to take this month’s survey. A mortician placed the embalmed and clothed body of David Morales Colón in […]…
I was working quickly, spreading mulch in my garden, when I flipped over a sheet of cardboard and saw a tiny face with round black eyes staring up at me. I’d disturbed a field mouse’s nest. After the frightened mouse scurried into the grass, I saw her babies. Fragile pink jelly beans, dark eyes sealed […] The post We are not the main characters in God’s story appeared first on U.S. Catholic .
“Don’t just do something, sit there!” That’s one of my favorite expressions, and I often say it to urge friends to engage in contemplation even when busy. This advice comes from personal experience; prayer enables me to stay centered through good times and bad. And it takes seriously the warning of Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner: […] The post St. Nicholas of Flue, a contemplative who saved his…
