In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about a frequent dream she’s had of being separated even longer from receiving Christ in the Eucharist at Mass. Because of this dream, however, she’s been able to realize that
As she continues her quarantine protocols, columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez asks: “Is there joy in the face of all these things? Are we prompted to let the Lord know we are ready for loving service, whatever it looks like in these odd
In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez talks about the shelter-in-place quarantine in most of America and how we are given opportunities to appreciate the little things in life. Just as the lilies are blooming in New York,
In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez looks at the challenges presented to society in the face of trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus and notes that while the world looks completely different than it did
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about how the fears of the coronavirus should commit us to more intense examinations of conscience and living in a state of grace. It’s Lent! Shouldn’t we be talking about Memento Mori? Shouldn’t we remember that we are
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about her sadness about the revelations of that Jean Vanier, founder of the L’Arche movement of homes for men and women with developmental disabilities, had abused women under the guise of spiritual direction. For a layman to break
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the Hard as Nails mission at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dominican Father Peter John Cameron’s approach to the mission is, as St. Paul, that going to people in his weakness and fear and trembling,
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the recent experience she had at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., where President Donald J. Trump spoke. He said some beautiful things about unselfish love and being made in the image and likeness of
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about a homeless man she encountered near Grand Central Station. “When I stopped and looked into his eyes,” she writes, “I saw the Lord. I saw love. I saw a man with hopes and dreams. And his soul
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about Archbishop Bashar Warda’s December talk at the United Nations to the Security Council. His message was Christians in Iraq are leaven in society, and it is in the best interest of all to welcome them and protect