The parable of the weeds and the wheat tells us that refusing to use violence is not a lesser way or a cowardly way but Christ’s way. When we refuse to use our authority and power to coerce others, we are not settling for second best.
Life is difficult. Each one of us has a cross to bear. But the good news is that our cross is not a punishment but an opportunity.
The lives of St. Peter and St. Paul are a model of both discipleship and irony.
Normally we see doubt as the opposite of faith. But there are times doubt can be the companion of faith. Doubt can call faith to deepen and to mature.
If you receive the Eucharist well, you are what you eat. Be what you see. Receive what you already are.
Wisdom calls out the generosity and welcome of God, and Liberty calls out the generosity and welcome of this nation.
Is the Parable of the Sower a comedy or a tragedy? It all depends on how you read it. The same is true of our lives.
If you or I were starting our own religion, if we were outlining a new path to lead people to God, we would never choose the cross as our symbol.
As followers of Jesus, we are asked to deal with people, not through the labels they bear, but as the people that they are.
Every time we try to shrink the idea of God down to a size that we can understand or control, we create a false god and engage in idolatry.
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves. The enormity of that truth has tremendous power to shape the way that we live.
A naïve reading of the accounts of Jesus’ passion can lead to the conclusion that the Jewish people were responsible for Jesus’ death.