We all are at risk and none of us is guaranteed the easy road, so repent and be transformed, Jesus tells us, to meet God as a companion rather than imagining him as a tyrant. 

Two scholars who died this week—Albert Nolan, O.P., and Msgr. John P. Meier—made enormous contributions to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his message.

Jesus calls out his listeners by asking them to recognize the signs of the present time. How do we see where God is at work today, in the world and in our private lives?

I just wasn’t feeling God’s presence. Or so I thought.

The cross of Christ appears as his abandonment by the Father. Our crosses do as well, but it is only in the cross that we discover that God is abandonment and outpouring love.

Things can change in an instant, but that doesn’t mean we should cravenly hoard what we might give to the world. We’re asked for much. So why not give much?