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Second Sunday of Advent
… might link with these lines from the first reading: “The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God’s command; for God is leading Israel in joy by the light of …
Hospitality network connects people on pilgrimages with places to stay
… Peterson told NCR. Looking for a break, he took a train to rural Iowa, sleeping under a tree his first night. On his second night, he asked a priest for permission to sleep in his …
James Cone's memoir recounts journey as pioneer in black theology
… and was also honored with the Grawemeyer Award in Religion for The Cross and the Lynching Tree , a deeply personal work exploring the history and legacy of lynching in America. A prophet …
Advent is time of vigilance and prayer, pope says
… can turn Christmas into a "pagan" or "mundane" holiday by focusing on the gifts and the tree rather than on the birth of Jesus and his promise to come again, Pope Francis said. … said Christians do well to remember they are not celebrating "the birth of the Christmas tree," which is a "beautiful sign," but the birth of Jesus. "The Lord is born, the redeemer who …
First Sunday of Advent
… and kingdom established forever. The image of a new shoot, sprouting from the stump of an old tree, fits the situation of the truncated Davidic dynasty. This promise to be fulfilled will …
'Soul of a Nation' showcases timeless power of black art
… from her "super-realist" American People Series. In Benny Andrews' "Did the Bear Sit Under a Tree?" (1969), fist and flag figure together as a man with a zipper for a mouth shakes his fist …
Holding on to hope when you're not sure things will get better
… won't be in line at a food bank at Christmas. Our names won't be on the Salvation Army Angel Tree. We have our health. It's not that bad. It's not that bad, but it is that complicated. I …
Religious leaders in Colombia form coalition to defend rainforests
… are crucial to slowing down climate change, due to their massive concentration of plants and trees, but these ecosystems are increasingly threatened by mining, illegal logging, oil drilling … by the University of Maryland found that, in 2017, the world lost 39 million acres of tropical tree cover, or an area the size of New York state. The study said it was the second-worst year on …
Shrine to Vietnamese Lady of La Vang rises in Southern California
… shrine in Quang Tri. And in the landscaping, Torrence said, he's using rocks from Vietnam and trees with yellow flowers similar to those in the jungle surrounding Vietnam's shrine. The common …
Resting with autumn gives attention to the created world
… nutty beer or good tea from a round yellow pot. See a pale sliced moon glitter behind the trees, November's most reliable source of light. See the shadows move over the ground, hear the … company with the dead. Walking through a run-down part of town, learning the species of its trees and calculating costs for restoring the trim around leaded windows. Passing a day alone, …
Indian bishop promotes peace in Miao, but sees church enemies in allegations
… urges Catholic school students to stop killing birds with darts, and to focus on planting trees. Catholic schooling has paved the way for social change in the region, said the bishop, as …
'Boy Erased' depicts the casualties of gay conversion therapy
… rather than exploring nature. In "Boy Erased," each participant must make a family tree chart and designate people as alcoholic, homosexual, someone who had an abortion, or other …
'Listen to the heart of our people,' Sr. Teresa Maya tells US bishops
… Soli Salgado … A lesson for U.S. bishops lies in an oak tree in San Antonio — one with a healthy exterior but a rotten core unable to sustain its own branches, a core that will cause the slow death of an otherwise beautiful tree. Contemplating the connection between this tree and the church, Sr. Teresa Maya , past president of the Leadership Conference of Women …
Parish roundup: Catholics support Tree of Life Synagogue
… Bede Church in Pittsburgh walk in prayerful solidarity , in support of their neighbors at the Tree of Life Synagogue, while Catholic parishioners throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh come to …
My pilgrimage to 365 churches on five continents in 365 days
… the example of the squirrel that runs around everywhere and finds a home in the trunks of trees as well as its tallest branches, in forests and parks and cities and sure, suburban attics. …
Justice Action Bulletin: El Paso breaks voting records; sanctuary updates
… in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, and the shooting deaths of 11 Jewish people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. It cites hospitality, human dignity, honestly and humility …
100 years after World War I's armistice, recounting the human cost 'over there'
… Nothing is more uplifting than seeing Flanders' fields on a beautiful spring day when floral trees disguise the granite corridors of buried corpses. Men who died within a few meters of one … young man eager to embark on his first adventures abroad. Among them was perching himself in a tree observing enemy movements through a pair of field glasses. Luckily for Jack, his commanding officer ordered him out of the tree when he perceived the enemy advancing. Seconds later, the tree was blown to bits by a German …
Links for 11/8/18
… explains that we shouldn't too easily universalize a tragedy like the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The murderer did not hate religion; he hated Jews. Yes, …
Voting day is a new beginning
… perfect fall day. The ones that come only a few days a year before all the leaves fall off the trees. Everything was golden and the temperature — a cool 55 degrees — was refreshing. I took a …
Parish roundup: Audio-visual tech connects incarcerated mothers with their children
… of St. Bede Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made a spontaneous half-mile walk to Tree of Life Synagogue Oct. 28 following the Catholic congregation's 11 a.m. mass to show support …