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“The love for God and neighbor was the characteristic of the first Christians. This love was expressed through the daily practice of the Works of Mercy. To feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, to instruct the ignorant at a personal sacrifice.”
-Peter Maruin, Easy...
“The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do for Him. It is the only way we have of knowing and believing in our love. The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love...
In my previous (and first) blog post, I talked about what it means to “carry the dying of Jesus,” and how this relates to hope in the resurrection. My overall intention with this blog is to write on integral ecology, which is faith-based understanding of our mission to live in harmony with God, neig...
Last spring, my husband and I found out that we were pregnant for the first time. Like most parents, we were awestruck and overjoyed about the prospect of bringing new life into the world, but also overwhelmed. When we went into the dark room for our first ultrasound at 8 weeks, the nurse quick...