Voces y perspectivas
The Blockbuster New Papal Encyclical Sees A.I. in the ‘Universal Destination of Goods’ Framework”
It is truly remarkable how Pope Leo’s document has received far greater and broader attention than any church document in recent memory. ... Leer más>
Honoring and Dishonoring 9/11
We remember the nearly 3,000 people who were killed, the families who have carried their absence through a quarter century, and the first responders and ordinary citizens whose courage emerged amid unimaginable danger and mind-numbing uncertainty.... Leer más>
Forgiveness Without Limits
Sin as “debt” had become a common metaphor several centuries prior to Jesus. In accord with the metaphor, one’s sins were imagined as recorded as debts in a heavenly register, and forgiveness consisted in erasing the debts by good works, especially giving alms to the poor. ... Leer más>
The Importance of Keeping the “Faith” in Justice
Editor’s Note: The Weekly Word’s summer recess is over, and so we open our new season with this fitting essay from Fr. Michael C. McCarthy, SJ, Dean of the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. In his Pulitzer-winning biography of Martin Luther King, Jonathan Eig observes that many ... Leer más>
Truth-Telling for the Sake of Community Peace
Truth-telling is a means to community peace. This sentence challenges concealing or burying differences to bring about harmony. ... Leer más>
Finding Jesus in Everyday Encounters
Service is not simply about providing something that another person lacks. It is about taking the time to see the person in front of us. Every individual has a story. Every individual has value.... Leer más>
Building Community Through Mutual Responsibility and Care
These experiences have taught me not only practical skills but also profound lessons about what makes community strong, resilient and truly sacred.... Leer más>
Lose Your Life to Find It
Last week’s confession of Peter was the turning point in Matthew’s Gospel: Peter acknowledged that Jesus was Messiah and Son of the living God, and Jesus delegated to him authority over the Church (16:1-27). ... Leer más>
Peter’s Mission to Lead the Church
This Sunday’s readings are about leaders delegated to guide God’s people. In the first reading from Isaiah, the palace steward Shebna is demoted by King Hezekiah, and in Matthew’s Gospel, Peter is given the keys of the kingdom of heaven. ... Leer más>
Elected and Included
What does it mean to be among “the elect” and how we should think about “the others.”... Leer más>
Facing Fear with Faith
Where then do genuine change and innovation come from? With escape from terror, pushing past roadblocks, facing what frightens us. At least that’s what Elijah in 1 Kings and Peter in the Gospel of Matthew did. ... Leer más>
Manna, the New Moses, and the Pilgrim Church
The four gospels situate the events of Jesus’s life in a broad context. One contextual thread running throughout Jesus’s life is the exodus as a continuous story that begins with the seventy descendants of Abraham in Egypt where famine had driven them.... Leer más>
Practicing the Turn: A Lesson from the Jewish National Day of Grief
It is a moment in the Jewish calendar when we sit on the floor. We take off our shoes. We read a scroll not by candlelight but by the dimmer, sadder glow of memory.... Leer más>
Wisdom of Solomon and the Treasure & Pearl Parables
Regarding the valuable pearl, we are meant to imagine someone who searched all her life for the perfect jewel that might support her old age. Imagine the joy of finding the perfect pearl!... Leer más>
God’s Power and Patience
Wisdom of Solomon was written in Greek sometime in the late first century BCE or early first century CE to encourage the Jewish community, probably in Alexandria, to be confident of God's governance in a particularly difficult time.... Leer más>
Creation Groaning and God’s Word
Paul personifies the created world, portraying it as waiting for redemption. Affected by the Spirit of life, the world "groans” in labor pains as it longs to give birth to a redeemed world.... Leer más>
Deeply Unsettled but Fundamentally Positive
I feel unsettled. Neither joyful nor woeful feels right on this historic 250th anniversary – a quarter of a millennium – of our birth as a country founded on principles that I cherish. Perhaps you can relate.... Leer más>
Newest Board Member Turns Faith into Action
Rabbi James Greene, the newest member of the Board of Directors, believes that people of different faiths often share far more than is recognized and that when faith communities stand together, their collective voice carries great moral force.... Leer más>
Addressing Food Insecurity: Grab & Go Program
The natural next step to our work, engaging in faithful advocacy, is direct service to our communities in need. We recognized this need and have launched an expanded Food Assistance program now operating twice a week from two different churches in Boston’s urban core. ... Leer más>
The Saturday Morning Grab & Go Team
AFTDJ is an all-volunteer, interfaith organization. Our remarkably talented volunteers are committed and compassionate, supported by funding from our equally compassionate and generous donors. What begins as an act of service or a straightforward donation is transformed into something deeper: a spir... Leer más>