Editor’s Note: This post contains sensitive content about pregnancy loss. August 2019 I am one of eight people in a room. I am the only woman, and I am pregnant. I am fatigued, nauseous, praying […]
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Feast of St. Martha: Transforming Our Personal and Collective Narratives
July 29, the Feast of St. Martha, gives us a day to reflect upon Luke’s familiar story of Jesus’ visit with Mary and Martha. Whenever this reading comes around, I fear the resulting homily. Another […]
Grace, Social Action and the Immaculate Conception
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.
The Assumption: A Call to Walk with God
Growing up in a parish dedicated to St. Mary of the Assumption, with so many stained glass windows, statues, songs and prayers dedicated to events in the life of the mother of Jesus, I think […]
A Mary in Whose Footsteps I’d Like to Follow
The year I started kindergarten, my parish school began to undertake the installation of a statue of Mary outside our classroom. Much of that first year of school, my tiny classmates and I were instructed […]
Becoming God’s Spoken Word: Elizabeth and the Communion of Saints
By B. Kevin Brown Today marks the Feast of Saint Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist and relative of Mary of Nazareth. It is the feast of a familiar figure in the tradition. Yet, since […]
“Gather Around A Promise”: Hospitality, the Feast of the Visitation, and the College Theology Society
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation. In the story of the Visitation, we encounter Mary and Elizabeth providing bodily hospitality to their sons, extending loving hospitality to one another, and being held in […]
A Theology of Annunciation–or, on asking questions of God
There’s this: Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know that this is so? For I am an old man, and my wife is getting on in years.” The angel replied, “I am Gabriel. […]
Prayer for Peace with Maria Salus Populi Romani, or, Why This Is A Big Deal
At today’s prayer vigil for peace with Pope Francis at the Vatican, the service began with two invocations – first, through words and song, invoking the Holy Spirit’s presence in the words of the Veni […]
Getting God’s Attention
“The best way to get Jesus’ attention is by talking to Mary.” On this Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, I find myself wondering how many have heard this line or something […]
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