Doubt Can Be Beneficial
The word ponder means “to weigh.” Do people need to weigh something about which they are absolutely certain? Does that describe the Virgin Mary’s faith at every point of her life? Isn’t it more likely that at the foot of Jesus’ cross, ...
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All Creation Is Incarnational
In the Book of Life we discover that all of creation tells us something about God—his power, wisdom and goodness. Stars, leaves, ladybugs, trees, flowers and humans, all in some way, bespeak God. Humans, of course, reflect God in the ...
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The Greatest Love We Have Known
Think of someone you truly love or have loved. What is the power of that love that draws you to that person? Do you love that person because you have to or because you want to? Does the attraction of ...
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Love Brings Us to Birth
If God is love and it is love that brings us to birth, then it is difficult to conceive of the Incarnation, the Word made flesh, in any other way but the way of love. Love is what brought this ...
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God Is Most High and Most Humble
The idea of “bending over” or “bending down” reminds me of the days when I took care of my nephew when he was just a baby. I recall moments when I would see him lying in his oversized crib—a tiny ...
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Christmas Makes Life Merry
When some new possibility for your life stirs in you, something heretofore unknown and unfamiliar, Jesus is born. It is Christmas. When suddenly you realize that you can open your heart in love, when you have kept it closed for ...
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God Alone Is All We Need
Advent reminds us that the One who has come into the world and is always coming into our lives in new ways is the source of our salvation. We don’t need novelty and “magic bullet” solutions to our concerns. We ...
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