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Fall 2025

Orbis Books: The Years of Ripening

By Robert Ellsberg | September 2, 2025
Joyce Rupp is one of my all-time favorite spiritual guides: she’s a wonderful mix of wise, calm, and challenging. And her insights on aging have been of enormous help in my own life. … Let her new book help you to do it with grace, courage, humor — and joy! — James Martin, S.J. ast year Sister Joyce Rupp published Vessels of Love:...

Prayer for Vocations, Fall 2025

By John Cuff, M.M. | September 2, 2025
Good Shepherd, you saw mankind as sheep without a shepherd, often going astray, vulnerable to danger, living in a world of wolves. So, you have called us to the work of caring for your flock, and have called some of us to a lifelong commitment of sharing more closely in the life and work of the Good Shepherd. I thank you for letting me hear your vo...

Spirit of Mission: Is AI Good News?

By Joseph Veneroso, M.M. | September 2, 2025
The white smoke had barely stopped billowing from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on May 8 when posts began to blitz the internet. One “meme” video showed Pope Leo XIV in papal finery. His Holiness declared that “woke” meant waking up to others’ suffering and that Christians should speak out in the face of injustice. These beautiful sentim...
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