How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains

The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High ...
National Catholic Register

God, Creation and Humanity: The ‘Lost Lectures’ of Benedict XVI Collected in New Book

Six lectures of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger were almost lost forever. But now, they have been collected in a new Ignatius Press book, The Divine Project: Reflections on Creation and Church. “It’s a ...
America Magazine

God loves all of creation. We should too.

Today is the first Sunday of Lent, the 40-day period in which we prepare ourselves mentally and physically for Easter, focusing on prayer, fasting, almsgiving and service to others. Today’s readings ...
National Catholic Reporter

At Home in Creation: God is as close as your next breath

— St. Francis of Assisi, "Canticle of the Sun" Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. — ...