
The Illusion of ‘Sacrifice’
Jesus is never upset at sinners! He is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.
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Jesus is never upset at sinners! He is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

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.

I am looking out over the breathtaking view of the psalms as I hope we never forget to begin, again and again. To know, no matter what, that we are walking in love and beauty when we seek.

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.

The lesson for us is this, I think—if Jesus turned to the psalms in his deepest hour of pain, why wouldn’t we?