The Letter of James has some of the strongest language in scripture about the necessity of living your faith.

Recently I toured a local observatory where the eager staff assured our group that, despite our camera-snapping presence, they were still “doing science” during our visit.

PAUL-EMILE Léger became archbishop of Montreal in 1950 and a cardinal three years later and was an active participant in the Second Vatican Council, but in 1967 he gave all that up in order to go to Senegal and Dahomey to work with disabled and impoverished children and those suffering from leprosy.

My sisters and brothers, the walk of faith can be a difficult one. Let us ask forgiveness for the times we have stumbled or lost heart.

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. The Letter of James challenges its audience to “demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.”

What does it mean “to speak truth to power”? Jesus provides a good example.

If you suffer, thank God!—it is a sure sign that you are alive. —Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)