by Christine Schenk, NCR Pentecost is far and away my favorite feast in the liturgical year. My first real sense of God's Spirit came as a young child. On summer mornings, before anyone else awakened, I would steal outside to gaze in fascination as freshening breezes blew through the tall oak, elm and catalpa trees … Continue reading REFLECTION: Pentecost and Berrigan, a double portion of God’s Spirit
REFLECTION: Post-synod exhortation is uplifting, but is disheartening to LGBT Catholics
by Christine Schenk, NCR I was up at 5:30 a.m. last Friday to watch the live stream of the release of Amoris Laetitia, (The Joy of Love), Pope Francis' long-awaited apostolic exhortation following the Synod of Bishops on the family conducted over two sessions in October 2014 and October 2015. Since at two previous synods … Continue reading REFLECTION: Post-synod exhortation is uplifting, but is disheartening to LGBT Catholics