Flashes of Insight

		[{"id":2759,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/11\/daily-reflections-12-18-november\/","name":"daily-reflections-12-18-november","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-on-bridge-early-morning-1024x576.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Daily Reflections 12 - 18 November","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Nov 11, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-11 05:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-05 00:44:48","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-04 11:44:48","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":48},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Amid glass towers and crowded crossings, Wisdom still whispers. In the neighbourhood, on the train, at the shopfront\u2014God\u2019s breath moves through the human hive, shaping grace from our restlessness. When power bends to serve, when courage chooses truth, when love burns through fear, the streets become sanctuary and every heartbeat prayer."}]	

		[{"id":2825,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/going-back\/","name":"going-back","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ray-Burke-dressed-up-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Going back!","author":{"name":"John Baldovin","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/johnbaldovin\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-04 19:43:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-04 06:43:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":47},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Latin Mass movement remains a small minority, yet its symbolism looms large. As the Church balances reverence and reform, its leaders warn that the desire for tradition may risk undermining the very renewal it seeks to preserve."},{"id":2877,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/the-test-of-leadership\/","name":"the-test-of-leadership","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shrouded-church-sparsley-populated-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"\u201cPray, pay, and obey\u201d: the cry of the unheard","author":{"name":"Thomas O'Loughlin","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/tomoloughlin\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:04:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-04 19:42:06","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-04 06:42:06","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":58},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Agency is the feeling that one can make a difference. Its loss breeds despair. When members of the Church feel powerless, many simply opt out."},{"id":2831,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/the-image-of-god-functions\/","name":"the-image-of-god-functions","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-of-god-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Rethinking the God of our Liturgy","author":{"name":"Stephen Bevans","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/stephenbevans\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:03:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-04 19:45:11","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-04 06:45:11","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":24},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The way we describe God has practical consequences. Language and how we speak shape our theology, our worship, and ultimately the way we live our faith in community and in the world. Every phrase we use in prayer becomes an image of God that moulds our hearts, actions, and shared vision of grace."},{"id":2848,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/catholic-educators-sacred-calling\/","name":"catholic-educators-sacred-calling","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kids-in-school-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Catholic educators sacred calling","author":{"name":"Clare Schwantes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/clareschwantes\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:02:00","modifiedDate":"2025-10-29 22:54:33","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-29 09:54:33","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":57},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Catholic educators carry the profound task of shaping hearts that encounter the living God through prayer and liturgy. Beyond curriculum, this mission calls teachers to nurture faith through lived, transformative experiences that form lifelong belief and deepen students\u2019 awareness of God\u2019s presence."},{"id":2835,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/last-supper-great-art-or-fake-news\/","name":"last-supper-great-art-or-fake-news","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Divinci-last-supper-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"\u201cLast Supper\u201d\u2014 great art or fake news?","author":{"name":"Colm Holmes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/colm\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:01:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-01 12:01:39","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-31 23:01:39","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":29},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s \u201cLast Supper\u201d is one of the most recognised works in the world, but its beauty may disguise a deeper problem. However, great art\u2014like social media\u2014can sometimes distort truth, creating powerful myths that replace historical reality."},{"id":2768,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/10\/28\/blessing-love-without-betraying-doctrine\/","name":"blessing-love-without-betraying-doctrine","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/colour-inside-church-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Blessing love without betraying doctrine","author":{"name":"JP Grayland","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/joeg\/"},"date":"Oct 28, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-10-28 05:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-10-29 10:04:14","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-28 21:04:14","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":11},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Church faces a defining question: can it bless love without betraying doctrine? What began as pastoral care now challenges the very grammar of Catholic worship \u2014 for in the Church, what is blessed becomes a revelation of belief."}]	

		[{"id":2897,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/why-mental-illness-shortens-lives-and-how-to-stop-it\/","name":"why-mental-illness-shortens-lives-and-how-to-stop-it","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mental-health-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Why mental illness shortens lives \u2014 and how to stop it","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:12:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-03 11:17:35","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-02 22:17:35","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":8},"status":"publish","excerpt":"People with mental illness die more than a decade earlier than those without \u2014 mostly from preventable physical illnesses, not suicide. This article explores what\u2019s going wrong and what can be done to change it."},{"id":2883,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/11\/04\/younger-clergy-out-of-step-with-catholic-laity\/","name":"younger-clergy-out-of-step-with-catholic-laity","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Liberal-congregations-Conservative-young-priests-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Younger clergy out of step with Catholic laity","author":{"name":"Thomas Reese","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/thomasreese\/"},"date":"Nov 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-04 05:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-11 09:27:41","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-10 20:27:41","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":26},"status":"publish","excerpt":"If young priests aggressively advance their conservative agenda, church alienation could grow. With lay opinion trending progressive, the gap may further depress Catholic identity and parish life."},{"id":2777,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/10\/28\/faith-in-the-factory-keeping-belief-alive-in-the-city\/","name":"faith-in-the-factory-keeping-belief-alive-in-the-city","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vietnam-catholics-sunday-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Faith in the factory: Keeping belief alive in the city","author":{"name":"Alex Hoang","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/alexhoang\/"},"date":"Oct 28, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-10-28 05:12:00","modifiedDate":"2025-10-28 23:37:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-28 10:37:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":28},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Nearly four million Vietnamese Catholics have migrated internally, leaving rural parishes behind. Far from home parishes, they whisper prayers in dorm rooms before shifts. The Church faces the challenge of helping them sustain belief in busy, fragmented urban life."},{"id":2799,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/10\/28\/are-the-transalpine-redemptorists-going-back-into-schism\/","name":"are-the-transalpine-redemptorists-going-back-into-schism","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Papa-Stronsay-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Are the Transalpine Redemptorists going back into schism?","author":{"name":"Felix Neumann","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/felixneumann\/"},"date":"Oct 28, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-10-28 05:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-10-28 23:29:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-28 10:29:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":7,"sec":19},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Nearly two decades after Summorum Pontificum, the Transalpine Redemptorists\u2019 story stretches from reconciliation to renewed confrontation. Founded outside the Church in 1988, they later sought regularisation, celebrated their return to communion, then faced allegations, visitation, expulsion, and an open letter that raised questions about schism and authority."}]