If you want everything explained to you, you will always be disappointed.  There are fundamental things which we must come to understand simply by living our challenges.

The shedding of blood, and the sacrifice it represents, has its fullest meaning as the Incarnate Word embraces the cross.

We must take seriously the personhood of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and ask how our sense of connection to God is thereby enriched.

The fruits of the Holy Spirit amaze us because we are far too familiar with their opposites.

The significance of the Ascension of Jesus is better appreciated when we consider what it meant for him to "descend."

Let us make sure that we distinguish "love" from mere admiration.  Love is of another order entirely.

What do you do when someone who had been your sworn enemy now wants to share in your life?  The "good man" Barnabas provides an example.

On Good Shepherd Sunday, we ponder the multiplicity of religious beliefs and ask how God brings people into one fold with one shepherd.

Consider the personal character of the transmission of the good news of Jesus' resurrection, as we ponder also the personal step forward of an entire people in the Second Vatican Council.

First Holy Communion was celebrated at this Mass.  We consider how we are to depend upon one another in accepting the good news of Jesus' resurrection.

Are you ready to begin a day that never ends?

An exalted slave has set his face like flint, knowing that he will not be put to shame.

The "grain of wheat" is not a botany lesson.  It should be quite clear to us, however, that this image proposes to us an understanding of the surrender which is essential to the Christian life.

The personal character of the mercy of the "God who so loved the world."