“The journey of the wise men is a sign for us, early in Matthew’s story, that Christ’s light of hope was intended for all people—everyone, everywhere in the world.”

“Those ‘realities,’ however deep their darkness, could never block out the light, could never extinguish the grace and the joy that God bestows upon us each and every day.”

"It was a new view of the world; it was a new view of creation. The coming of the Word of God into human life, into human flesh was a new act of God so that our lives themselves could be made new."

“God needed Jesus to express to us, as one human to another, as one child of God to another, how much we are needed and loved.”

“The women’s joy comes from collaborating with God in a great enterprise that will heal the brokenness of humankind. Mary’s song, the Magnificat, shows us that their joy comes from knowing that their sons will teach the world what it desperately needs to learn about justice and peace.”

“God is by our side always and everywhere, protecting us, and forming our hearts and our minds in the love of Christ Jesus.”

“Home is where we learn to live in right relationship with all our fellow human beings, with all those who come into our midst, seeking refuge, safety, life.”

“For all the attention that today’s Scripture readings want us to pay to the end times, to the time when Jesus Christ returns in victory and judgment, Paul’s letter to the church in Thessalonica reminds us that the operative principle of church life in the present is love.”

“Embracing the power of Christ reveals the truth that underlies all other truth. It is the truth that gives us life, the truth that sets us free, the truth that is true today and will be true for all time.”

"We declare the incarnate presence of the living and active God with every action we take on behalf of justice, compassion, reconciliation, and love."