Pastoral Letter for the Beginning of Lent 2026
Lent is not about spiritual theatrics. It is not about performative piety or public displays of righteousness. Jesus warns us in the Gospel of Matthew to beware...
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Changed by the Light, Sent for the World
Justice and peace do not descend gently from the heavens. They are struggling for. They require courage. And here is the truth we do not always want to name: co...
Standing in the Light: Transfiguration as Invitation and Transformation
There is also something deeply hopeful about the Transfiguration. It reveals that transformation is possible.
Called into Cost and Joy
The church must never confuse peace with silence. The Gospel is good news, but good news is not always easy news. It challenges every structure that diminishes ...
Salt, Light, and the Courage to Speak
In times of uncertainty, the Church is called not to withdraw from the world but to stand within it as a witness to hope. We are called to be people who protect...
Candlemas, Imbolc, and St. Brigid the Convergence of Light
Divine light does not hover above the world untouched; it is placed into human hands, it stands on street corners and city parks, entrusted to bodies, bound to ...
Bound in Covenant by the Returning Light
Racism, nationalism, and exclusion are not merely social failures; they are theological failures. They deny the Spirit’s work. They fracture the covenant. They ...
This is a Moral Moment
This is not simply a political moment or a cultural moment; it is a profoundly moral one, and people of faith are being asked, gently but insistently, to respon...
He has come to us
This is not merely “politics.” This is a moral accountability that must be voiced by the church, not because we belong to one party or another, but because the ...
A True Pro-Life Ethic Includes the Poor, the Prisoner, the Immigrant
Christian faith does not call us to protect only biological origins. It calls us to honor life as relational (existing in connection with others), social (forme...