Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
To contribute to Perspectives, email Jason at: Jason@cta-usa.org
You make decisions because you love yourself: a personal story of abortion
I sometimes wish I had a “nicer” abortion story, but not because it would have made the decision or procedure easier.
A Witness to Pain, A Witness to Healing
“Am I a vessel for stories? How can I hold these stories as beloved rather than burdensome? Can God hold them with me?”
Easter reflection
Despite the issues that plague our world and society we must never forget that this world, this creation, is good. Our hope relies on the fact that the one who models the way of openness, Jesus Christ, has been resurrected.
Palm Sunday reflection
To resist racism is to take risks. It is to endure insult, sometimes harassment, and in Charlottesville, even death. But we must do so even when we are tired, afraid or angry.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
In this text, God acts like a community organizer. God offers to Her people a vision of a new world, where freedom from captivity is the norm and flourishing wholeness, ecological interdependence, and justice are the principles that undergird this freedom.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
This is the challenge of the story for us. We are forgiven: Thanks be to God! But we are to be reconcilers like the Father.
Third Sunday of Lent
How far is our country from the message that the scripture provides? I wonder as this reading is proclaimed in every Catholic church in this country, will people hear the words God is saying?
Second Sunday of Lent
The Second Sunday of Lent challenges us to see ourselves in the light of God. As we allow the Light of God to shine upon us we can see ourselves as God sees us, and be seen as God sees us. And we do not need to be afraid because our God is all Goodness and Love.
First Sunday of Lent
Lent is a season of resistance. Resistance to the evil that can turn us away from the way Jesus lived and asks us to follow.
Ash Wednesday reflection
We as individuals are wounded and corrupted by racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia. We have no room to condemn others or to boast about how far we have come.