Ministers throughout St. Louis and the nation reflected last Sunday on the outcome of the Nov. 5 presidential election. Many were speaking to heartbroken, angry or frustrated, parishioners in the ...

We need to listen deeply to Jesus' promise that when things seem to be falling apart and the very forces of nature seem to wreak death, God is near, the reign of God is truly among us.

That’s the instruction of today’s First Reading, too: Maintain hope, and listen when people are speaking hopeful things aloud. “Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who listen to ...