In All Things
A group blog by the editors, columnists and frequent contributors to America.
February 2015
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Feb 6 2015 - 1:58pm2 comments
A new series of profiles on the blog for the Sisters of Mercy offers a moving look at the lives of women who have spent decades embodying Mercy in their communities and in the church and who now, in the face of serious illness, find grace in accepting this mercy from others.
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Feb 4 2015 - 1:25pm2 comments
Pope Francis’s daily homilies offer spiritual nuggets. He offered one sleeper on January 26 when he said that it is women who transmit the faith. The concept has been offered before, but sometimes it has seemed to be a mere platitude to appease women who may feel underappreciated in the church. I think it is more.
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Feb 4 2015 - 9:29am0 comments
Father John Lager, O.F.M. Cap., has been the National Chaplain of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) since September 2013. He previously served the Capuchins as vocation director, associate pastor, high school campus minister and as the order's...
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Feb 4 2015 - 1:03am0 comments
Those serene-looking saints we see depicted in those plaster (or wooden) figurines on exquisite pedestals in our churches can be very deceiving. Looking at their calm demeanor on their fine-crafted faces can lull one into thinking that the sainthood process is a rather placid affair: a sudden expression, an outburst of holiness and then sainthood is conferred and declared and a feast day is entered onto the universal church calendar and everybody is happy.
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Feb 3 2015 - 2:54pm0 comments
The morning of Sunday, January 18 saw numerous accidents on the roadways. By the time I left my home at 8:30 several ambulances were responding to calls from people splayed on icy sidewalks in my neighborhood. That my six block walk to our nine o’clock morning Mass would constitute a treacherous journey was clear the moment I locked the door behind me and slid down the front steps, only saved from disaster by the handrail. Common sense cautioned me to go back indoors and pray the Mass in my...
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Feb 2 2015 - 6:51pm0 comments
Cambridge, MA. Given today’s new snowstorm – it may be February 2, but no chance of even seeing the groundhog here, at least—it seems hard to believe that two weeks ago I was still in India. Time flies, climates change quickly. But today’s storm, which has almost closed Harvard, has given me time to sort out a few more things from my trip, including some of the books I brought back with me and that have been piled up on my desk.
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Feb 2 2015 - 12:58pm9 comments
For a lot of reasons I had put off seeing “American Sniper.” The thought of two hours watching a guy with a beard, rifle and telescopic sight on a rooftop gain honor and fame by bumping off a minimum of 160 men, women and children would neither entertain me nor make me love my country more. But when it became controversial and was nominated for an Oscar I knew I had to see it if I wanted to talk about it.
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Feb 2 2015 - 9:00am1 comment
It’s time to head to Hallmark for Valentines. I’ve got my list of those to whom I want to send hearts of appreciation.
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