While some parts of your life are dark, they are not beyond God’s ability to bring light into them. There is always hope, there is always the promise of new life, and suffering is never the last word.
Jesus did not always tell people who he was; he told them to come and see for themselves. It is the same way the church spread in the early centuries: by attraction.
America's "The Word" columnist, Jaime L. Waters, reflects on how her Catholic faith informs her academic and spiritual understanding of sacred Scripture.