Beyond Courtesy–The Call to Radicality

It is interesting that since I’ve started this blog I have become increasingly aware of my actions, words and even attitudes towards others. Every time I get impatient in traffic and want to honk or want to be rude to the airport security officer, I think about this blog and how I’m always writing [...]

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This Week’s Reflection: On Recognizing Our Sins

“Thank goodness I’m not like those people who talk during Mass…” “Thank goodness I’m blessed with so many gifts…” “Thank goodness I’m not like those women who wear immodest clothes…” “Thank goodness I’m a practicing Catholic…” “Thank goodness I’m not like one of those people who are alcoholic or drug addicts…” Have not all of [...]

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The Need for Awareness

In case you haven’t noticed, I have included “awareness” as one of the many ways in which we can build a “civilization of love.” What do I mean by “awareness”?
Well, I had not appreciated this point until recently. I am myself an immigrant and you would think that I should have known better when I [...]

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The Mother of all Vocations

Pope John Paul II pointed out in his 1994 Letter to Families that families are meant to contribute “to the transformation of the earth and the renewal of the world, of creation and of all humanity.” When talking about how to go about building the “civilization of love,” it becomes imperative to discuss the [...]

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You notice them, but do you really see them?

(This post was originally written by my boyfriend, Michael Joseph, at our former blog)
You’ve noticed him, but do you really see him? That is, do you see a person? The homeless, the hungry and the forsaken are all around us. Jesus promised us that, but he did not choose it to be so: “The poor [...]

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What Gospel Poverty is Not

For quite a while now I have been searching for more direction as to how to live voluntary poverty in the midst of a society immersed in consumerism and individualism in which I found myself being an active and exemplary participant for many years. I have read Sacred Scriptures and the saints’ writings, but I [...]

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Why “Civilization of Love”?

How do we build a “civilization of love”? How do we defeat the culture of death? How do we confront hatred, neglect, and individualism as Christians?
As utopian as it may sound, we build a “civilization of love” by loving one another constantly and intensely as St. Peter says:
“Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to [...]

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