Minute Meditations

Joseph is the silent figure in the Christmas stories. We never hear him speak; his annunciation—in Matthew’s Gospel—narrates Joseph’s story without giving us any of his words.

In our day, “Good Pope John” carried the message of the Good News to the world with graciousness and humor.

The prophets often use the metaphor of interrupted marriage to describe the relationship between God and Israel—a metaphor entwined with cultural values distant from our own.

In today’s Gospel Jesus sends a report to John the Baptist, who is in prison.

The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.

The incarnation is at the heart of our faith, and what we celebrate in this season.