In the swirl of their shouting crowds, today’s readings exemplify the need for integrity to resist the mob. And the mob is calling for blood.

God’s Word and Spirit restore and give life, as they have done since the beginning of creation. And the beauty of this restoration is that it calls us out of ourselves, into community.

These days of Lent call us to consider to what extent our work has become “our god.” Do we let the pursuit of career, the drive to succeed, the satisfaction of creating take precedence over everything—and everyone—in our lives?

At the heart of Christianity is the conviction that tomorrow holds the promise of being better than today. Such is the hope that sustains us when the sun sets at the end of each day.

God’s accessible forgiveness should inspire us toward a virtuous life, but it sometimes weakens us into greater sin.

Today, let us choose the prosperity of God. We do not need to earn a nest egg to enter the love of God poured out for us in the Eucharist.

My firstborn son is a teenager now, but I remember his birth like it was yesterday. I met him that day, and in a way, I met my true self. Being a father turned the volume down one very thing else.

It’s a cursed existence to have nearly everything yet focus instead on what one doesn’t have. We see this in the famous story of Eve and Adam, who crave forbidden…

What we consider our work is actually God’s work—work in which we, the body of Christ, intimately participate.

Today, as we walk the aisles of a grocery store, stroll down a street, sit in a park or at our work desks, can we stop and gaze into the eyes of those we meet?