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We see light instead of darkness, and in that light we discover a side of ourselves that we thought we had lost. We look with new eyes on the people around us and see how they, too, are children of God.
True humility is knowing so well who we are in God’s loving sight that nothing anyone says or does can shake us.
The Church has been leading us in a change of heart for three weeks. Hosea now presents us with some questions. Am I any closer to God than I was before? What’s the quality of my repentance?
Francis discovered the hidden secret to inner peace: Don’t react. It doesn’t make the insults OK.
This mom is starting the practice of bedtime prayers with her young son. The process is helping her, too.
There’s nothing wrong with self-esteem, power, comfort, control, success, wealth, or amusement as long as they are secondary and subordinate to our relationship with God.
We have so much in our lives that we feel we need to defend. It can lead us to live in constant fear.
God guides our behavior by the needs of the poor. He leads us in prayer. But we don’t always pay heed to God’s guidance.
A peaceful attitude can go a long way toward living the message of the Gospel. If we think before we speak or act, we will save ourselves and others a great deal of misunderstanding and heartache.
In this week’s Gospel, Jesus tells Nicodemus that everyone who believes in the Son of God will have eternal life.
