Perhaps the most radical Christian belief is a belief in the equal and innate dignity and worth of every single person. It subverts every cultural, historical, and biological form of unjust prejudice. St. Paul articulates it clearly in saying, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Of course, the history of prejudice and inequality, of dehumanization and depersonalization is long and ugly, and the struggle in our culture and within our faith to accept this belief and translate it fully into just practices persists to this day.

But today’s Gospel shows that this mission, so integral to building the kingdom of God, so radical and subversive, has been with the Church since the beginning. St. Mary Magdalene, the apostle to the apostles, who remains courageous and faithful during the Passion…

Milllennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes:

Silence at the cross of Jesus reveals itself in our nation, our communities, and our own hearts. Unlike the violence in the Middle East, these crosses are somewhat hidden, but they’re just as deadly.

How many fall victim to the silent cross of institutional violence as our governments, our communities, and our churches again and again fail to address the needs of its people? How many aspiring Americans quietly suffer under the cross of a broken immigration system that scandalizes our nation and denies people their dignity, their families, and their future? And how many of us experience the invisible cross of broken families, poisoned relationships, and of a culture that too often honors swagger and bluster and unknowingly promotes indifference, exclusion, and death?

The full article can be read here.