Perspectives

Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.

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Liturgy of Affirmation: The Substance of Our Lives Nourishes Our Communities
LGBTQ, women
Liturgy of Affirmation: The Substance of Our Lives Nourishes Our Communities
LGBTQ, women

In this testimony for our Liturgy of Affirmation, Tess Thompson of Call To Action Metro New York discusses how the “substance of a lifetime” can be used to bridge generational gaps and create wisdom and understanding within a community.

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LGBTQ, women
When I walk into the clinic, I see God.
Advent, women
When I walk into the clinic, I see God.
Advent, women

In this Advent reflection, Call To Action Vision Council member Emily Harrison connects her experience as an abortion doula to the journey of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus and illustrates how her fellow abortion doulas create community and room for spiritual comfort.

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Advent, women
Promises in the Dark
Advent
Promises in the Dark
Advent

For the Fourth Sunday of Advent, L.F. Ranner reflects on the stillness of winter and the power found in this darkness as we wait for Christ to emerge. This reflection is a collaboration with DignityUSA’s Breath of the Spirit series.

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Advent
Holy Thursday
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Holy Thursday

Revolutionary love, love grounded in service, is always baffling. Acts of service, solidarity, and justice make no sense in a world grounded in white supremacy, sexism, and economic exploitation. But that’s exactly why they matter.

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Palm Sunday
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Palm Sunday

How can anyone who hears fearless Mary’s voice in the Magnificat think she would not have insisted on holding her precious Child once more? I do believe she would have challenged the witnesses to His lynching to acknowledge His humanity and own their complicity in His torture and death.

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Fifth Sunday of Lent
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Fifth Sunday of Lent

Not only do we have to give up our personal plans, we also have to be willing to live with insecurity, uncertainty, even danger, in order to speak truth to power.

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Second Sunday of Lent
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Second Sunday of Lent

With the experience of working with families of mixed status, I can truly say that I have “journeyed with the Lord in the land of the living.”

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First Sunday of Lent
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First Sunday of Lent

As we live into the Lenten season, a solemn time in our liturgical calendar and lives, I share my struggles with understanding and commemorating this time of the year.

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Ash Wednesday
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Ash Wednesday

We begin another season of Lent, a time to look at how we are living our lives, a time to reflect on are we using the grace and gifts we have been given as Jesus showed us.

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Third Wednesday of Advent
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Third Wednesday of Advent

Our first reading from the book of Isaiah echoes what leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement are saying as they protest, that justice is due. Now, here, in these bodies, in this time.

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