Sometimes the give-and-take of prayer is a mystery.

As today’s Gospel suggests, righteousness is no guarantee of a smooth life.

Maybe this week you could pray to Joseph and ask him to help you respond to the call of the young man whom he helped to raise.

Out of the welter of misfits, black sheep and skeletons in the closet God brings Jesus.

A singing God—what a delightful illustration of the divine presence among us.

“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low.” Are you ready?