What do you do for a living? This is a common question, easily answered: “I’m a teacher, nurse, architect, chef, accountant, lawyer,” etc. Each answer points to a personal choice and suggests years of study and preparation in a specific field. Each job provides individuals with a means of supporting themselves and those they love. At times, however, even the best of jobs can become a necessary but tedious chore.
Viewpoint: Ecclesiastical clothes today are less intelligible and point less clearly to something beyond their colors and gilt than 50 years ago.
It’s impossible to overemphasize the importance of today’s second reading. Paul’s insights give us the foundation for understanding the presence of the risen Jesus among us: an essential part of early Christian experience.
At Wilson High School in Washington, where I've been teaching peace studies classes for 28 years, armed police patrol the halls. They carry Glocks, a high-powered handgun not to be messed with. The police wear bulletproof vests. At the front door, officers, along with a phalanx of non-police guards, check for weapons as students pass through one of three metal detectors.
Essay: Thomas Merton's prophetic and contemplative stance against white racism has yet to be understood, much less practiced.
Viewpoint: Can we turn to Jesus for great investment advice? No reason why not. Here's how.
Viewpoint: In face of near-universal international condemnation for this latest Israeli provocation, however, the United States rushed to Israel's defense.
Book review: The sister of Coretta Scott King paints a picture of a woman deeply involved in social justice, one worthy of emulation.
Editorial: In a recent letter to mothers of priests, one cardinal went on too long, including treacly pieties and strange contortions of gender and familial relations.
"Ordination" hasn't always meant what it does today, and that's one reason for some of the debate over women's ordination.
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