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The distinction between Martha and Mary in this week’s Gospel is one with which we can readily identify. It brings up the great distinction between do-ing and be-ing, and forces us to look at how we approach our lives as followers of Jesus.

Pope Francis--is he some sort of ersatz Che Guevara in clerical garb? Nay, says Healey in his midweek post about "Christus Vivit." However, the pope's call for a revolution among young people may be the antidote to both sides of a bankrupt worldview.

As with all of Jesus' teachings, this Sunday's parable is about unconditional love. When the Good Samaritan assists the wounded Jewish man, he did so without question or hesitation. This response, Healey writes, was both heroic and saintly.

In Chapter 7 of "Christus Vivit" Pope Francis includes the entire Catholic community as those responsible for the evangelization of young people. Indeed, without young people who feel at home within the Church, the pews would look quite empty.

In choosing seventy-two disciples to preach the Good News Jesus is linking His ministry with that of Moses. If we imitate them and commit to ‘selling’ the Gospel by the way we live our lives, then we can rejoice as they did because then our names, like theirs, will be written in Heaven.

“The world has never benefited, nor will it ever benefit, from a rupture between generations," Pope Francis writes in Chapter Six of Christus Vivit. For young people, that means they should develop an appreciation for seniority, wisdom and authenticity.

Three years after the Cleveland Cavaliers Championship parade, Healey '77 reminds us what it means to be "all in" for Christ.

In this week's Lesson from Loyola Hall, Healey '77 explains the first statement of Chapter 5 of Christus Vivit: “youth, more than a source of pride, is a gift from God.”