February 4, 2019

They blew in fast to the low slung tree hung fat
with beachball-orange fruitlets, a bickering gang of starlings--
little stars-- dining after their own fashion fastidiously,
preferring the mash fermenting on the grasses

Divine salvation advances because unlikely characters say yes to grace.

Poverty, hunger, grief and exclusion are not signs of the absence of God’s love.

In his annual address to diplomats at the Vatican, Pope Francis condemned isolationism and called on nations to act out of “concern for the whole human family and its needs.”