Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
To contribute to Perspectives, email Jason at: Jason@cta-usa.org
A prayer for synodality
This work is a prayer for us to experience this time as Kairos, as the opportune moment to be transformed by encounter with God.
Intergenerational and cross-class organizing
The average person from the "baby boomer" generation has over ten times the wealth of the average millennial.
Border companions prayer card
Call To Action’s Rio Grande Valley and Upstate New York Chapters invite you to use this prayer each day in solidarity with rapid response organizations.
The Easter transition
Jesus came out of the closet that was the tomb. We as trans people do the same – we affirm who we are, sometimes privately, sometimes publicly, and sometimes both, coming out of the tombs of closets, binaries, and imposed expectations.
Palm Sunday
Today, we are reminded that change happens not by a group of perfect individuals but by a community of imperfect humans who long for God.
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Millennium
Indigenous peoples will get their land back and the Doctrine of Discovery will die, and not through our leadership but with our solidarity.
Fourth Sunday of Lent: The ravages of war
We sit with tears in our eyes and become filled with anger and disbelief that these horrors continue to afflict our Ukrainian neighbors.
Third Sunday of Lent: God’s calling is now
Moses’s encounter with God and King’s testimony are not about the future but about living into justice and taking action now.
Second Sunday of Lent
In being willing to face the truth, we need to recognize that the dominant Christianity of our society has been and still is an “enemy to the cross of Christ.”
First Sunday of Lent: Race, power, and justice
O, Holy One, remind us always that we were once strangers in a strange land, dependent on the kindness and generosity of others. Protect all those who are forced to leave the land of their birth, or are forcibly removed from it by those who would take it from them.