Mercy is borne in conditions of brokenness and is itself a breaking open of the self. God’s mercy and the human mercy that it inspires appear repeatedly throughout the bible and figure famously in the […]
Author: Christine E. McCarthy
Daily Theology’s First Google Hangout on Air June 18th @ 1:30 pm EDT: Unpacking Laudato Si’
This Thursday at 1:30 pm EDT, Daily Theology will host its first live broadcast through Google Hangout on Air. We will be joined by Catholic moral theologians Daniel P. Scheid of Duquesne University, Meghan J. […]
“He’s not just a saint, he’s Jeremiah”: An Interview with John Dear on Blessed Óscar Romero
On Thursday, May 21, 2015, while visiting the campus of the Universidad Centroaméricana José Simeón Cañas (UCA) in San Salvador, Meg Stapleton Smith and I spoke with renowned author, nonviolent activist, priest, Father John Dear. […]
Blessed Óscar Romero: Whom Is This Life For?
The memory of Óscar Romero places a special claim on the hearts of those who learn and know his story–it asks us how fully we live for others, A few weeks ago at a Fordham […]
“Die Before You Die”: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Part of the wisdom of the passion liturgies is the extent to which the congregation participates in the reading: called to our feet, we read aloud, in unison, the words spoken against Jesus and […]
Joseph, Francis, and a Church Open To Alternative Masculinities: The Solemnity of the Feast of Saint Joseph
“When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.” (Matthew 1:24A) Two years ago today, on the solemnity of the feast of St. […]
“A Sign That Will Be Contradicted”: On Conscience and Christian Praxis
Today’s mass readings took me right out of Christmas and straight to the Passion. I love reading familiar passages with new eyes but, let me be honest, sometimes the surprise is uncomfortable. So it goes. […]
The Second Sunday of Advent: To Breathe in a New Heaven and a New Earth
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand […]
Accompanying the Huddled Masses: the Homeless of New York
The Statue of Liberty is often a must-see for visitors to New York City. Since 1886, The “Mother of Exiles” has stood at the entrance of New York Harbor as a beacon of hope to […]
The Imitation of Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles
Today, July 22, Christians in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. One of my favorite anecdotes about St. John XXIII happens to be a joke told by him […]
