By performing the good work of hospitality, Abraham glimpsed the face of God.
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Compassion is the deeper meaning of God’s law.
To follow Christ means to lift up our brothers and sisters with extravagance like the good Samaritan’s and compassion like Jesus’ own.
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Our relationship with Christ should be a romance
It does not matter that you have already given your love to Jesus. Romance is a living thing. You either nourish it or it dies.
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On Corpus Christi, we are reminded that creation is a gift from God
On this day, under the appearance of bread and wine, Christ claims creation itself to be his eucharistic body and blood.
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A relationship with Jesus will always lead to mission.
Jesus’ determination to travel to Jerusalem is the pivot on which Luke’s Gospel turns.
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Even when it costs, discipleship leads to joy.
Taking up the proclamation of God’s reign placed the disciples in an unexpectedly rich relationship with God and the world.
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What an absent Father can teach us about the Trinity
A father is a father even when he is absent.
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On Pentecost Jesus gives us a love that never dies
Christ did not rise from the dead to roam the cosmos. He rose from the dead to enter each human heart, to dwell there as a love that never dies, never diminishes.
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How have you experienced God’s love?
Divine love requires humility and service
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Review: Elaine Pagels on what it means to be human
A new memoir by Elaine Pagels plumbs some of the deepest questions about what it means to be human and how ritual and faith can help make sense of the unfathomable.