Scripture for Life: As a people of God, we are called to love God and neighbor — especially the poor — with all our heart, mind and soul, and never fail to act on that love.
Scripture for Life: Jesus was famous for his preferential option for the poor and vulnerable, so much so that he expected his disciples to be like them. In this teaching, he calls disciples to heroic greatness.
Scripture for Life: The prophetic work of justice today entails addressing the oppression done to the natural world, its many communities of life, and injustices within the human community.
Scripture for Life: This Liturgy of the Word counsels us to exercise caution in speaking of God, because we are so prone to fit God into our frame of reference.
Scripture for Life: Today's readings call us to enlarge our hearts and souls to recognize the prejudices, judgments and certainty in our way of doing things.
Scripture for Life: Disciples who want to do what Jesus ask to walk on water. Rather than fear failure we can remember that Christ does not abandon us, even if we think we're drowning or about to die alone in a desert.
Scripture for Life: In this popular New Testament story, the apostles and the crowds experienced a parable in action — a happening whose importance could not be exaggerated.