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Written by Tony Guttierez | OSV News

PHOENIX (OSV News) — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that there is no “faking our life in Christ,” said Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, archbishop emeritus of Washington, at the Diocese of Phoenix’s annual Mass honoring the slain Civil Rights leader Jan. 17.

Cardinal Gregory, the nation’s first Black cardinal and the Church’s first African American cardinal, served as the guest homilist at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mass at Xavier College Preparatory Catholic High School’s Chapel of Our Lady in Phoenix. He was joined by Bishop John P. Dolan and Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Nevares.

From NC Catholics Magazine, Catholic Diocese of Raleigh

Father Kareem Smith began the homily by singing “Steal away to Jesus,” a Black Gospel song, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral.

Some of those in the pews for Mass joined in, as the lyrics of the 1860s spiritual by Wallace  Willis recalled bending green trees, trembling sinners, thunder and trumpet sounds.

By Paula Katinas | The Tablet

FLATLANDS — Dorene Allman said she remembers watching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral procession on television in April 1968. She was 11 at the time.  

“I saw his wife, Coretta Scott King,” she recalled. “She was holding the hand of their youngest, Bernice, who followed in his footsteps as a pastor.”  

by Gabrielle Pitre | America Magazine

What does it mean to be a member of Gen Z and a Black person of Catholic faith living in the United States at this moment of history? In searching for the answer, I discovered I belonged to a past that helps me make sense of my present.