In itself, suffering is never a good thing. But if someone we love is suffering, then we want our share of it.

What do I love in life that stands between me and the love of my life? What stands between me and my Lord?

The list of failures and disappointments in marriage is long, but just as our sins cannot cancel the goodness God gave us, marriage remains a singular channel of God’s grace.

Faith, justice and unity still matter. So too do prudence, charity and patience. The latter are not chains upon the former. They are channels that direct them to their source in God.

To see our faith as a calling is to recognize that, whoever we are, we have only just begun to live out our discipleship.

Jesus went to his death trusting in the love of his father. That was the wisdom he preached, both in the words he used and in the witness that he gave.