Openhearted
The human heart must be receptive and cooperative with this work of God, open to the power of the Spirit at work within.
Wise Questions
Have you ever read the Gospels and thrown your arms in the air saying, “Come on! Really?” I have.
Illustration by Frank Kacmarcik, OblSB, Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. Used with permission.
You’ll See
Sometimes we simply cannot fully appropriate all there is to know, and the wise person understands this. Jesus certainly did.
“As I Love You”
The way to happiness is, in a word, love. Sounds simple, but it’s not. Jesus says: “Love one another as I love you.”
Bountiful the Giver
We dead people need life, we sheep need a shepherd, we children need a teacher, the whole world needs Jesus!
Graced Transitions
I’ve often found that God holds us with the same closeness during the difficult transitions of our lives.
Everything in Common
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.
She Didn’t Hold Back
Mary of Magdala was known for her power to lead others, that she enjoyed economic autonomy and shared generously.
The Keeper of All Time
How can time, a reality we can’t hold in our hands or visibly perceive, be made holy?
I Spy
Before we enter into the Triduum, let’s take a hard and honest pause with Judas. There is grace, yes, grace, in his story.
