Struggling with the Beatitudes
The Beatitudes remind us that the way that the world runs does not have to be the way it runs today,
The Beatitudes remind us that the way that the world runs does not have to be the way it runs today,
As we approach the upcoming elections, we must ask ourselves whose image has power over us—the image of Caesar or the image of God?
It is surprisingly easy it is to confuse what has been entrusted to us with what belongs to us.
Paul calls us to see others as more important than ourselves, because that is the attitude of Jesus.
In the parable of the Vineyard Workers, Jesus makes the distinction between compensation and survival.
God’s command to love is not that we change our feelings, but that we control our actions.
When we realize how much we have been given, we prepare ourselves to respect the value of others.
The primary orientation of God toward us is one of unconditional love and forgiveness.
If we are to follow the gospel, the needs of the most vulnerable should be considered first.