I published an article in America Jesuit Review today. The article, Dear Catholics who have drifted: The church needs us in the battle for our nation’s soul, describes calls to action people like me, who may have drifted from the Catholic Church but who see its work in communities and on-the-ground as something to support.
“I read the news and watch anxiously every day, trying to find the balance between being informed and overwhelmed. I observe families separated, people afraid, beaten and shot in the streets of the United States. I watch those who weep and those who applaud what they see.
In response, I hear the Bible verses I grew up with repeating in my head. I hear them in Spanish, a mother tongue I now fear speaking in public. The verses are persistent and urgent, and they call me back to a church I stepped away from a long time ago.”