Fundamental injustices in our society

Editor’s note: This week Archbishop Gomez continues his reflections on the duties and demands of Catholic social teaching. This column is adapted from his recent foreword to the 4th edition of “Catholics in the Public Square,” by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix.

The world as it should be

Catholic social teaching gives us a vision of the world as it could be and as it should be. The world as God created it to be.

‘Telling our beads’ and what our beads tell

The rosary is a part of the rhythm of my daily life. It has been that way for a long time now.

My parents taught me to pray the rosary when I was a child. They always taught my sisters and I that we had a mother in heaven who loves us — just as we had a mother on earth who loves us.

The ‘realism’ of the Lord’s Prayer

We have been reflecting on the words of the Lord’s Prayer during these weeks of Easter.

Our daily bread

May is Mary’s Month. It is a new moment in the springtime of the year when we reflect on the love that our Blessed Mother showed to us in bringing Jesus into the world.

Praying for holiness and the kingdom

The Church’s saints have always recognized that the Lord’s Prayer is a summary of his whole Gospel. And each word and phrase in the prayer is a rich source for us to contemplate and reflect on.

Praying as children

We have so much to pray for in our lives and in our troubled world.

Reflections on ‘The Joy of Love’

Pope Francis has asked us to read his new apostolic exhortation on marriage and the family slowly and patiently. And I have been trying to do that since it was published late last week.

Praying the Our Father

We are still living in the beautiful and joyful light of Easter! And I want to return in my column to the theme of prayer that I introduced during Lent.