God’s mercy most perfectly expresses itself in God’s desire to bring us to life in Christ, even when we were dead to sin and had wandered far away.

“Love is always a gift and the only thing God asks of us is that we remember how much we are loved. And because, as I hope we all know, the only thing love asks for is love.“

In the Mystery of the Transfiguration of Jesus, we are given a glimpse of Resurrection-promise, even as we are reminded of the sacrifice of a Beloved Son.

The witness of saints like Serenus challenges us to reflect on how we cultivate the “garden” that is our own spiritual life.

The Season of Lent ultimately reminds us that holiness is possible for us only when we enter into the struggle.

It is only when we can begin to live for others—a truly worthy goal for any of us during Lent—that we have any hope of growing into the people of charity and prayer that God calls us to be.

The leper is brought back to life by being able to return to the life of the community and to the practice of his ancestral faith.

“The daughter of Sudan, sold into slavery as a living piece of property, is free, free with the freedom of the saints.”

Grace and life are offered to us, we are called to express our gratitude in and through our love and service of those around us.

The light of grace lead Cornelius along a new path.

we are invited to share in Jesus’ prophetic mission, naming blessings where they can be found and calling for justice where it is absent.

Saint Angela saw that, in order to fulfill her vocation, she had to set out on new paths.

If we take to heart the Christmas and Epiphany revelations that Chris is truly present among us, then we also have to recognize that “ordinariness” is no longer a possibility for us.

Each of us is called to do our part to help make the message of God’s love known in our small corner of the world.

Now is the time to act, to accept the Lord’s invitation to “come.”

We have been united with Christ and have been lifted up above our broken human nature, become sharers in God’s divine nature.

We are called to carry that light into the dark places of the world in our prayer, words, and acts of charity

The mystery of the Incarnation continues to reveal itself in the hearts of believers and in the world.

In the story of the Holy Innocents, devoid of the holiday cheer that we associate with these holy days, the light of promise continues to shine.

This feast also invites us to reflect how the vocation of the Apostles—to tell the story of Jesus—witnesses to the great truth of Christmas.