In today’s readings we hear of how we come to love. Repentance, conversion, and forgiveness—these experiences are met by God’s love and lead us to return that love to God and others.

Maybe one of the biggest problems we have with religion is that the whole business is far too “spiritual.” When something important to us can’t even be held in our hands, we begin to doubt how crucial it is.

Then the two went over everything that happened on the road and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

I love India’s “Bollywood” movies. One of the many fascinating things about them is the prevalence of “kind Christian” tropes, which is curious given that only 2 percent of the population there is Christian. In Bollywood movies, if a character has broken up with her boyfriend or had a fight with her parents, all she has to do is sit on a park bench and a nun will appear out of nowhere and comfort her.

Some people are born with the knack of putting names and faces together and never forgetting that connection. That is a real blessing to have in life. It endears you to people instantly and can also be an effective tool in business and politics.

Business lunches are not what they used to be, and even power breakfasts are waning, but meeting face-to-face and sharing a meal with someone with whom you’re interested in doing business is still a good idea

When the kids were little, if they fell down and hurt themselves, they would usually run to my wife or me to show us their “boo-boo.” And we would swoop them up in hugs and kisses and tend to their bruised egos as well as their skinned knees.

We turn to God to ask for the forgiveness God has promised us.

Just as the sight of the risen Christ helped the disciples to believe in the church that was to follow, so the spectacle of the same church helps to confirm our faith in the Resurrection of Christ.