How do you proclaim God’s promises with boldness?

The baptism of Jesus is the first demonstration of the loving relationship that all believers will come to share with God.

Jesus’ disciples today must seek opportunities to share the divine love they have received.

The Gospel for Christmas Mass at dawn reminds us that distinctions of “sacred and profane” are constructs of the human imagination.

When we find the place God has made for us, we will feel right at home.

The miraculous star and exotic messengers reveal Jesus’ messianic role.

Even the simplest moment has in it a world-changing significance for anyone who is ready to find the work of God.

Many dreamed of an apocalyptic day when God would sweep oppressive realities away.

John the Baptist affirmed that God was at work, preparing a savior who would clean out Israel’s spiritual and moral corruption.

In Luke’s Gospel, the kingdom appears gradually, like the gathering clouds of a storm.

A disciple who seeks these signs can help the risen Christ restore some fallen corner of creation.

Building our lives around divine love will give our words the power to heal, to deliver and to save.

Many of the great saints typify one or more of the beatitudes.

Whatever we give—time, resources, skills, attention—the offering ought to be like the widow’s: complete, courageous and with total trust in grace.

Jesus drew on the biblical meaning of love, commanding unwavering loyalty to God and neighbor.

The Evangelists had come to believe that Jesus was indeed the bearer of divine authority.

Mark’s community found themselves waiting for deliverance during a time of great distress.

Only a life spent pursuing the love of God will leave something that survives the encounter with death.

God’s dream for humanity is bigger than the social realities of the day.

Those who wait on the least will be the ones in whom God will find a reflection of the Son.