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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.
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.
In our day, “Good Pope John” carried the message of the Good News to the world with graciousness and humor.
How often are you surrounding yourself with noise? Do you allow yourself the time necessary to call God to mind with silence and solitude?
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.
For those who open their senses, despite its tragedy, we live in a beautiful world. Beyond the tumult of national uncertainty, God sings through all creation.
In today’s Gospel Jesus sends a report to John the Baptist, who is in prison.
Some of the holiest people in the Gospels barely spoke and played small but significant roles. No matter who they were, they were not unseen. Jesus saw them. And he sees you.
The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.
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.
