
Faith and Family for June 13: Parable of the Mustard Seed
This week’s Gospel reminds us that great things can come from the smallest of beginnings.
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This week’s Gospel reminds us that great things can come from the smallest of beginnings.

When we are tempted to despair at the oppression or violence in our world we must remember that the Kingdom’s truth will prevail, and the love of God has overcome all in Jesus Christ.

The purpose of the law and the prophets was to foster and deepen our relationship with God. Jesus has not come to abolish the law, but to clarify and to enrich it.

In our loud and busy world, praying and contemplation offer a wonderful respite.

In her writings St. Julian of Norwich never mentions the war, plague, and papal schism she lived through. Instead, she focuses on God’s peace and power.

Salt and light give zest, flavor, joy, and clarity to life. So also believers give good flavor and brightness to the world around them.

These 10 verses known as the Beatitudes constitute a summary of what the Christian life is supposed to be: openness to God and generosity to our neighbor.

The words of The Lord’s Prayer are so familiar to us that sometimes it helps to pause on lines of the prayer and go deeper within them.

Sometimes we overcomplicate things when it comes to faith, God, and spirituality. The fulfillment of the Old Testament that Jesus embodied is revealed in the four words “Love God, love neighbor.”

By the widow’s expression of total dependence on God, she stands higher in the sight of God than all the big givers.