We are no longer content to live with full bellies but empty minds.

We may not be able to explain the miracles, but we cannot overlook one very important element in each story—God works marvels through ordinary people.

Today’s readings reveal once again that God chooses ordinary people and confers on them extraordinary responsibility.

There are so many people searching today, people hungering for instruction, good people who are looking for direction.

Within the recent past the church has been tossed to and fro in storms of controversy Not one storm mdash many storms And not in one country mdash in many countries It has been the target of fierce persecution and it has also allowed evil to corrupt it from within Whether in circumstances of h

Nobody likes a smart aleck Particularly if the person concerned is one of us one who seems to act as if she or he is in some way better than the rest Even if it is true we insist that that person should not flaunt it Today rsquo s readings all sketch the profile of a messenger of God someone c