Are our personal energies directed toward establishing a "force field" to shield us from what we think will sadden us?  Better to drop the force field and be energized through relationship.

Pope Francis consistently proclaims the power of God's mercy.  We are recipients of this gift, which puts us in a position to exercise initiative in response to the healing which comes from God.

The great parable of Luke 15 is our context for considering the element of ignorance which is to be found in sin, and how mercy brings us out of ignorance.

In the midst of anxiety about the Syria situation, we consider what it means to live in this world with requisite presence of mind.

Jesus teaching table manners?  Isn't our faith about something deeper?  For sure!  Consider what he has to say about whom we invite to the table.