While the authority figure of the time manifests his obsession with power by attempting to count the earth’s population, God is born. While people are forced to migrate because of an absurd census, God simply is born. He is only an infant, but he is there, at the heart of every story. He is at…
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The unpredictable introduces amazing things into the fabric of an upright man’s daily existence. God, the Absolutely Unpredictable One, chooses the scandal of dwelling in a virgin and of disrupting Joseph’s sleep with divine visitations. Why he decides to enter the lives of the upright in startling ways remains a mystery. He bursts unpredictably into…
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They have arrested the independent one. They have forced the desert into a cage. They have deprived the sky of its nights. They have stifled his cry of hope. In short, they have arrested John the Baptist. A restless lion, a caged lion, confused, humble, lost–John is no longer the person he…
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John the Baptist flees the city, taking on the status of an exile so as to become the unmistakable sign of a new exile that not even Jerusalem can remedy: an exile of the heart. John is the prophet of the exiles of all times, of all people whose hearts are far away, yearning for…
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The first Sunday of Advent invites us to turn our gaze to the heart of things–to creation, which is pleading for our care. In Noah’s time, and in our own as well, life needs to be cared for, tended. Christmas reveals this to us: a divine Child entrusts himself to the care and nurturing…
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He saw and believed… Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the entrance. She ran to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them: “They have taken the Lord from the tomb and… Read more »
They spread their cloaks… Go into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a tethered colt that no one has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here…. They took the colt to Jesus and, throwing their cloaks on its back, they lifted Jesus onto it. As he… Read more »
He bent down and began to write… The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him: “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. In the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What… Read more »
He ran to meet him… While his son was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was filled with compassion. He ran to him, embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to… Read more »
If you do not repent… Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus said to them in reply: “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell… Read more »
