Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
To contribute to Perspectives, email Jason at: Jason@cta-usa.org
Come Back To Me, With All Your Heart
At this morning's staff meeting Aaron Bianco, Program Outreach Associate, led us in an Ash Wednesday prayer. Inspired by the song Come Back To Me, he offered this for reflection.
Book suggestions
If you are looking for a good book to read these winter months, CTA-Wisconsin has a couple of suggestions.
"The final word is love."
Each of these readings recognizes in some ways the challenges of the life of faith and invites us to lean on God and one another – faithfully proclaiming with Paul that “love never fails.”
Anti-racism or non-racism?
On this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, perhaps we can all take one step, moving from a 'non' to an 'anti.' The world is waiting for us.
"A Bruised Reed He Shall not Break"
I don't know what happens next, but it won't be easy. I've learned not to ask why; I still need to learn how to deal with the feeling of powerlessness.
Learning from Mary, Mary, and the other Mary
Jesus then, and Christ today, stands up for women – like Mary of Bethany – who dare to be beloved. Satoko Yamaguchi puts Jesus’ response into perspective, “‘Let her be’ is the strongest liberating support a woman could wish to receive in such a milieu.”
My journey with Islam as a Catholic woman
My heart and soul – not just my mind – had been touched through my years of engagement with Islam. Something in my internal landscape had changed.
My Advent in Review
In an effort to “let peace begin with me,” as the famous song says, I’ve been more observant of my own inner peace.
Mary and Elizabeth
As I was sitting with this story, I realized how much I WISH that this was the Christmas story. That this was the birthing scene that we read together Christmas Eve.