Mary’s act of humility and boldness serves a model for us. Mary is neither passive nor prideful. Filled with God’s grace, Mary allows herself to be led by the Spirit to undertake bold actions as a parent, prophet, and follower of Christ.
Category: Grace
Finding Sainthood: An Academic Contribution to Nicholas Black Elk’s Cause for Canonization
By Michael Steltenkamp, S.J. A well-known passage in the New Testament reports an incident that took place after the resurrection of Jesus (Luke 24:13-36). The scene depicts two of his disciples walking on a road […]
Encountering Silence
I was a sophomore in Theresa Sanders‘s “Systematic Theology” course. Over the course of the semester, we read (at least most of) Karl Rahner’s Foundations of Christian Faith–difficult yet exhilarating work that solidified for me that […]
Lamentation, not Cheap Grace
Upon the results of the election, Donald Trump dramatically pivoted from a campaign based on “us vs. them” rhetoric to that of unity: “Now it is time for America to bind the wounds of division, have […]
Some Thoughts on Grace, Part II: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
By Katie Wrisley Shelby I’ve never succeeded in quite wrapping my mind around how atrocities such as the Holocaust or the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII happened. How could entire countries be complicit in evil of […]
Raising Hell*
Editors’ note: This post was originally part of Theological Shark Week V: Holy Hell?! Daily Theology Explores the Afterlife in October 2013. As a child, I was fascinated by one part of the Apostles’ Creed: […]
“Pray for My Mom”
Augustine’s Confessions. Very few other books have left their mark on an entire civilization as deeply as this one narrative of sin and grace. Less an autobiography in the contemporary sense than a reinterpretation […]
The Ignatian Character of Residential Campus Ministry
For the feast day of St. Ignatius (July 31st), founder of the Society of Jesus (or Jesuits), I’d like to consider the Ignatian character of campus ministry, particularly in the way it is conducted on many Catholic […]
Some Thoughts on Grace: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Statement before Receiving the Death Penalty
By Katie Wrisley Shelby On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, before being officially sentenced to death, the surviving perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, gave his first public statement in a courtroom peopled by […]
Theological Grudge Match: The God of Mercy vs. The Book of Job
One of the most significant moments of my undergraduate studies came reading Dante’s Purgatorio with philosophy professor Francis Ambrosio. Beginning canto IX, we found Dante asleep as a star-lit night falls on Mount Purgatory. St. […]
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