Jesus counsels us not to fear. What are some of the fears in your own heart at the present time? Can you bring them to the Lord in prayer?

My Audubon friends refer to sparrows as “junk birds.” What this phrase suggests is that sparrows are too common, plentiful, and uninteresting to merit any attention.

My daughter had a difficult time with transitions in her teens. Chalk it up to Down syndrome, obsessive-compulsiveness, or just being a teenager.

The kid was 10, old enough to enter the part of the pool where the diving boards were. A few of the big kids stood around taunting the smaller kids who refused to climb the high platform

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.