There are very few subtle points of theology that are shared by the race car driving Ricky Bobby of the movie "Talladega Nights" and St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei. But there may be one.

Mary points to Jesus — noticeably so, as we celebrate the patroness of the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Advent. This classic story, released again for a new generation of readers, retells the ...

The first tree I drew in school was a coconut palm, since maples and oaks were foreign to me. Living in Miami, my sister and I played outside year-round, perhaps donning a light sweater in what ...

Editor's note: This essay first appeared in Goodness and Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (Orbis Books 2015), compiled by Soul Seeing editor Michael Leach with James Keane and Doris Goodnough.