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OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH Christian communities across the world will soon be gathering to proclaim their faith in the saving mystery of Christ's passion, death and resurrection. Each of the Gospel narratives that we will hear has its own unique perspective and one would expect the opening scenes of this holiest of weeks to be found in the garden of Gethsemane or in Pilate’s courtroom where Jesus receives his sentence, is then tortured and taken off to Calvary for his execution. READ MORE

HOLY WEEK: YOUR MISSION FIELD As we begin our preparations for next week, we can also take time to pray for those guests who will be attending our churches. We can ask God to help them feel welcomed but, most importantly, that they will encounter the risen Christ in powerful ways. A DEHUMANIZING IMMIGRATION POLICY REQUIRES A ROBUST THEOLOGY OF PROTEST Religious leaders across the country are using the symbols, prayers, language and rituals of our traditions to resist government authority. While much of this work has been ad hoc, as individual religious leaders respond to their conscience as events unfold, we now need personal and communal theologies of protest to buttress this work.   JESUS BECKONS US TO SILENCE AS A SOURCE OF HEALING In a world full of brokenness, sometimes healers need healing too. Jesus reminds us that silence can restore our strength.   REMEMBER HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU It is the night of the Passover meal, the night before your death. You are not the calm, controlled, repetitive voice we hear each week at Mass. You are desperate, eager, attentive, and emotional. You say, “You have no idea how much I have looked forward to eating this meal with you.” NO MATTER WHO IS PRESIDENT, OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS UNJUST Catholic bishops in the United States remind us that we must hold two principles in tension: a nation's right to secure its borders and the moral obligation to uphold migrants' rights through solidarity and justice. However, elevating a nation's sovereignty to the same moral plane as human dignity traps us. THE RIGHT TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY Our Catholic teaching holds that all people have a right and a duty to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of every person, especially the poor and vulnerable. IN AN AGE OF DISCORD, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE THE BODY OF CHRIST? How do we work for unity in the church, when others around us use the faith to advance views we know to be abhorrent? THE MEEK ARE NO LONGER INHERITING THE EARTH It is one thing for people to say that strength, force, and power are in fact what govern the world, but it is dangerously wrong to try to throw a Christian cloak over this. In brief, this is the antithesis of Jesus, as the Gospels make clear.