Few things seem as alien to us today as the economic life of the early Church . . . The wealth of the community was pooled and distributed according to need.

Mary of Magdala was known for her power to lead others, that she enjoyed economic autonomy and shared generously.

How can time, a reality we can’t hold in our hands or visibly perceive, be made holy?

Bringing bad news to desperate people has to be the worst gig in the world.

Stuck neck-deep in muck of my own making, God’s answer to my prayers may be Let me alone, but I’m too wrapped up in my own wrath to hear it.

This is the endless circle of love: God first loves us, and we respond, loving God directly and loving our neighbor.

This is the season for listening to God’s voice, a time to read the signs of the times and look for ways we can gather, not scatter.

He counts him worthy of the divine feast and gives him the precious garment he once wore.

When we look on the crucified love that is holding us we can get some idea of what human life is all about.