
Curious Detail Supports Jesus’ Resurrection
I realize that the New Testament Gospels differ on some details about the women who found an empty tomb after the Resurrection.
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I realize that the New Testament Gospels differ on some details about the women who found an empty tomb after the Resurrection.

“I think God is remarkably patient—and has a great sense of humor,” Sister Barb says.

In a true fraternity the friars have learned to see their own brokenness, their jealousy, their desire for power.

The blessing of clean and abundant water is one that many of us take for granted.

Everything we have is a gift from God. No one can control what’s most important. We often receive far more than we deserve.

The spirituality of St. Francis is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done.

The contours of the journey of love are pretty much the same; the particulars depend on the personality and character of the one who falls in love with God.

All around the world people are looking for meaning and finding it in strange, even destructive places.

In her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte provides a different perspective on that thinking. She writes: “Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

We often think of obedience as compliance with a command. But this would make God some sort of exalted drill sergeant.