Perspective Archive

It has been almost eight months since fire rained down upon the Pacific Palisades, destroying more than 6,800 houses and businesses and turning this Pacific Ocean overlook into a smoldering […]

Pope Leo’s 70th birthday is on Sunday, September 14; it coincides with a liturgical feast dedicated to an event – the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – rather than to […]

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time According to scholars, the book of wisdom was written in Alexandria, Egypt, by a Jew who had emigrated from the Holy Land, or whose ancestors […]

When my editor let me know my deadline was approaching to submit this column, I was struck with a bit of fear. I had no idea what to write about, […]

It began as a low hum on the horizon, barely perceptible. Then a pulsing rhythm rose from the river – the brass and beat of a live band drifting through […]

Whenever I take my kids anywhere in public, I get comments. “All boys?! Didn’t you ever try for a girl?” “Five?! You must be crazy!” “Are they all yours?” We […]

First, let me acknowledge that writing is difficult. As both a writer and writing instructor, I am acutely aware of how painful it is to give birth to an idea […]

During the homily at his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV said: “I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you […]

The collect for Mass for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time beautifully summarizes the readings and draw us into the most essential aspects of the Chrisitan life. It reads: “O […]

War always brings unimaginable human suffering. But the images coming out of the besieged Gaza Strip as the war between Israel and Hamas inches toward October’s two-year mark urge us […]