Anora,” the new Oscar-nominated film from the writer and director Sean Baker, answers this question—that is, if Cinderella were an exotic dancer and her prince the profligate son of a Russian oligarch ...
Lynch’s “The Straight Story” (1999), however—written by Mary Sweeney and John E. Roach— is more like a lazy daydream. It’s a simple, sun-soaked story told with heart and gentle humor. It was, in fact, ...
Our faith is sacramental and communal. Love and good works, peace and charity, care and communion are nothing more than ideas if we do not actually embody them in some way. And just as learning a ...
There are two ways to consider the parable in today’s Gospel reading. The first is to see the sowing of the seed, or the spreading of the word of God, as a singular event. Jesus calls you and you are ...
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church Looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the ...