Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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Translating Anger into Action: Palm Sunday
For Palm Sunday, Lauren Barbato calls us to align ourselves with Jesus’ disciples, especially Mary Magdalene. How do we remain at the tomb, as Mary Magdalene did, and translate anger into action?
Palm Sunday
Today, we are reminded that change happens not by a group of perfect individuals but by a community of imperfect humans who long for God.
Palm Sunday
How can anyone who hears fearless Mary’s voice in the Magnificat think she would not have insisted on holding her precious Child once more? I do believe she would have challenged the witnesses to His lynching to acknowledge His humanity and own their complicity in His torture and death.
Ready or Not: A Holy Week Reflection
In spite of nearly forty days of preparation, let me tell you, I am not prepared.
Palm Sunday reflection
To resist racism is to take risks. It is to endure insult, sometimes harassment, and in Charlottesville, even death. But we must do so even when we are tired, afraid or angry.
Palm Sunday reflection
We need only see ourselves in the struggles of the Apostles to realize how difficult it is to see the reality of racism “in a different way.”
Lent 20/30: Lucy Mull
Death sits heavy in the air today, Palm Sunday, with the Passion narrative and Jesus' conscience-shattering crucifixion.