Jayson Landeza

Oct 26, 2024 | ncronline.org | Timothy L. Kelly |Tom Schaller |Paul Waldman |Jayson Landeza

Who poses the greatest threat to the survival of American democracy today? Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman argue in White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy that the answer is clear: rural whites have moved the nation to the precipice of political collapse.

Oct 26, 2024 | ncronline.org | Jayson Landeza |Maxwell Kuzma

Fr. Jayson Landeza receives a personalized Oakland A's jersey, signed by the players, from the team's manager, Mark Kotsay. Laneza, pastor of St. Benedict and Divine Mercy parishes in Oakland, California, has been an A's fan since 1970. (Jayson Landeza)  I’ll never forget the summer day in 1970 when, at 9 years old, I walked through the tunnel beneath the seats and got my first glimpse of the stunning green hue of the infield grass at the Oakland Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics.

Oct 26, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone |Maxwell Kuzma |Jayson Landeza

What would it be like to be blind from birth? Sight offers one way of understanding the world, blindness another. The disparity is inexplicable. We have multiple accounts of Jesus healing the blind. It was one of his specialties and a sign that he was "the one to come" (Luke 7:18-23). As John 9 underlines, miracles were not primarily a show of power, but a teaching metaphor. Bartimaeus was both blind and a beggar. That means he probably pestered passersby without knowing who they were.