A wise Benedictine friend once said, “Sometimes, all we can do is say to God, ‘What are you asking of me?’” When he was a young man, his dream of…

When I ask myself what it is that my heart desires, I am always met with “things that show my weakness. . . ”

The human heart must be receptive and cooperative with this work of God, open to the power of the Spirit at work within.

Have you ever read the Gospels and thrown your arms in the air saying, “Come on! Really?” I have.

Sometimes we simply cannot fully appropriate all there is to know, and the wise person understands this. Jesus certainly did.

The way to happiness is, in a word, love. Sounds simple, but it’s not. Jesus says: “Love one another as I love you.”

We dead people need life, we sheep need a shepherd, we children need a teacher, the whole world needs Jesus!

I’ve often found that God holds us with the same closeness during the difficult transitions of our lives.

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.