Some families honor their members, and some do not. What kind of family we come from affects how we relate to God, others, and ourselves unless we make deliberate choices against our upbringing.

Righteousness or self-righteousness? That is the question! Lots of us  are tempted to believe in our own moral goodness more than the promises of God.

Are we waiting in joyful hope, or just watching the clock? Patience is one of those virtues that are in short supply in a society in a hurry to get what it wants.

If a shoot can sprout from Jesse's aged stump, then hope sure does spring eternal even in circumstances we've given up for dead.

Advent is our annual season for longing and waiting. Sometimes the thing the parish staff most longs for is the end of the holydays and all that extra work!

Christ may be king, but there seem to be an awful lot of princes and extra royalty standing around in our lives to which we bow and curtsey.

Trust in God but tie your camel, the Arab proverb shrewdly recommends.

This week we explore sacred precincts. The sacred is not remote and disconnected from us. We are watered by its springs that bring new life in abundance.

Today’s reading for All Soul’s Day cuts to the core of our faith with a very reassuring message. No one who is given to Jesus will be lost.

God knows no favorites, Sirach tells us. He judges justly and affirms the right. Is that true for you?