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Today’s Gospel reminds us that God’s kingdom looks different from our guest list. All are invited—east and west, north and south. The real question is not who gets in, but whether we’re living as if the door is open to everyone.
Not everyone is easy to love. But love isn’t always about agreement or affection—it’s about dignity. Sometimes we need our love to help us with how we walk and interact with others.
In the Book of Job, a lot is made out of that whirlwind that comes at the end, but very little is made out of the fact that the book begins with another whirlwind—the one that destroys his crops, wealth, and, finally, his children.
Sometimes a spiritual life can feel stagnant and dry. The ways we are used to connect to God seem to no longer work. Maybe it is not so much that God is far away but we need to instead rediscover God in new ways, experiences, ways of prayer.
We know that God has a special love for the “little ones”: children, the poor, the sick, and all those who do not sit at the levers of political, financial, or cultural power.
Henri Nouwen writes, “We are already in the House of God. We are already breathing God’s breath. Let’s stay there and listen carefully.” Can you reflect on these words, feel their comfort?
When Daniel Imwalle started at Franciscan Media in 2014, he was green. Though he was almost 30, he didn’t look a day over 19.
This author shows that Christ’s healing ministry is still available to each of us—and we are called to extend this compassion to others.
In the quiet pews of Sacred Heart Church, Sandra Worsham wrestled with her identity as a lesbian and a Catholic. With the support of New Ways Ministry, she transformed her pain into a testament of faith, proving that love and devotion can coexist.
Most Catholics recognize those things that unite all Christians rather than the things that divide them.
