I am struck by the tone of pleading in today’s responsorial psalm, in which God laments that his people do not hear him. “I am the Lord, your God: hear my voice,” says the refrain, with one verse ...

Every time I travel and introduce myself as Malawian, I brace myself. Not for curiosity—that would be welcome—but for the predictable interrogation that follows. The moment I hand over my passport, I ...