Advent Reflections

The act of planting a garden is the easier part: It’s the small daily acts of caring over the long haul that can be a challenge.

“This generation” of religious leaders whom Jesus takes to task in today’s Gospel resist the new and different.

If I had ever managed to find time to take the divinity school course on “Troubling New Testament Texts,” I would have lobbied to include today’s Gospel passage on the syllabus.

I like to think of Elizabeth’s unborn baby, the future prophet John the Baptist, dancing with delight in today’s Gospel of the Visitation.

How can we spare the time to let others know of our care and concern?

The paralytic’s friends might have told him in dismay, “Let’s come back another day when it is less of a hassle.” But that is not what they said.