“The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether” (Psalm 19:9).
We need to listen deeply to Jesus' promise that when things seem to be falling apart and the very forces of nature seem to wreak death, God is near, the reign of God is truly among us.
That’s the instruction of today’s First Reading, too: Maintain hope, and listen when people are speaking hopeful things aloud. “Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who listen to ...
This is the great sin of the servant who stores his coin in the handkerchief: Paralysis. Struck with the King’s gifts and the demands he makes, the servant has taken on a false humility and decided he ...
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.