Today’s gospel calls us to repentance. What does repentance mean to this evangelist, though? Repentance may be less about guilt and more about redressing inequality and injustice.
Today we celebrate the power of defiance in the life of one of the Bible’s most overlooked queens.
How can we lift ourselves up today? Where our eyes go, perhaps our hearts will follow.
Even when we’re on a mission, our journeys can include circling back through where we’ve been.
Meetings, discussions, and debates take much longer to work than we are sometimes led to believe–even by the Scriptures.
How does today measure up against your youth, or against the future you’ve imagined? Today’s first reading asks us to live in this day with honesty, no matter how it compares to our memories or dreams.
Which comes first: Do we believe that Jesus is “the Messiah” (the newly-anointed king)? Or must we first sense our belonging in the kingdom that Jesus proclaims? Our answer may shape how we share the good news.
How were early communities listening for the word of the Lord when they heard the good news? Can their patterns and attitudes help us to listen more expectantly, and invite God to speak more boldly?
In today’s gospel, Jesus reveals his true age.
How much does our own personal righteousness determine our fortunes? Not much, it seems.