But which voice will rule the day?

Christ offers us the grace to surrender to his love. He invites us to sit, to ponder, to quit running toward fear, that we also may hear and understand the beautiful testimony of Mary, who first found her way to the empty tomb.

Today’s scriptures remind us that we often cannot see everything that God is doing.

Are we willing to put on the dual lenses of trust and mercy?

In today’s first reading, Moses begs God, “Let your blazing wrath die down; relent in punishing your people.” Humanity has a long history of believing God is punishing and vengeful.…

There is a miracle in this story for us today: we can begin to heal from this proclivity for snap judgments and celebrate the good, even miraculous, works being done by others around us.

All we can do is ask the Lord to give us sight, and leave the rest to his mercy.

Wherever we go, however slowly, whatever our trials, may we keep going forward for the love of God.

Today I pray with deep gratitude for the opportunity to encounter my Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, and I pray that as many as touch him in this way will be healed.

The place from which we are sent doesn’t just wait for us; it asks us for renewal, and reminds us that others are watching, ready to gather.