Jesus did the job he was sent to do. What have you done for the Kingdom of God in your life to date? Did the suffering balance the accomplishment? God reveals to us, through Jesus Christ, boundless hope in union with God. Keep the faith!

The pope notes that communication involves silence as much as words. There has to be space between the ideas for the words to be digested, turned over, and evaluated.

Everything mine is yours, and yours mine, and my life is on display in them. For I’m no longer going to be visible in the world; they’ll continue in the world while I return to you.

What happens today isn’t as important as the dramatic coming of the Holy Spirit in fiery tongues next week. The cast is introduced. They are left. It’s a cliff-hanger. The scene fades, leaving them praying. Just what will happen?

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

Today is a good day to see how the church—how all of us—are apostolic, as we pray in the creed, by being like the apostles.

While it’s true that technology is useful in today’s world, there remains the crucial connection with that still, small voice within our own hearts that no computer can reach. That voice, which is God’s, can only be heard in stillness

Only God can write a story that resonates not just in the power of the imagination or the heart or the mind but in the very soul; only God can write a story that brings dead things to life. —Jared C. Wilson, The Storytelling God