Awareness of God’s call, traveling light and risking rejection, these are the carry-ons for true prophets.

Today’s Gospel provides a window into the life of the pre-Easter Jesus.

Two themes echo throughout the readings: covenant and sacrifice.

The Jesus who emerges from these stories is one who is compassionate in the face of human suffering and who makes the needs of these sufferers the norm for his action, to the disregard of social taboos and conventions.

The readings offer directions for proclaiming the presence of the Spirit in the church.

The Trinity presents a series of paradoxes. It is the central mystery of Christian faith, yet its power in Christian life gets lost amid a tangle of theological distinctions and philosophical speculation.