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We always need to have our eyes open and our hearts ready. We never know when we meet strangers that we could be encountering (or even entertaining) angels.
The first to hear of Jesus’ birth are not priests, scribes, or emperors, but humble shepherds—ordinary people.
The Holy Family knew the hardship of being refugees, outsiders dependent on the kindness and generosity of others. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus—in this sense—are icons of the refugee, orphaned from their homeland, a new Israel.
Sometimes when we try to be helpful, to do something particularly kind for someone else, despite our best efforts, the gift we intend is not the one received.
In Isaiah 66:1-2, God tells the people of Israel the kind of dwelling he approves of: the lowly, and the afflicted. How often do we read words like this and immediately try to decipher some kind of spiritual metaphor?
What does God have to do with the normal, everyday stuff? Ask yourself if you let God into every part of our life.
How many times have you seen this image or perhaps you’ve done it yourself? Two friends sit across from each other at a restaurant, not talking to each other, but instead checking their phones.
