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Matthew 25 should not be read as a parable about the sorting of individuals in the afterlife according to principles of personal charity, but as a prophecy of how nations are measured in history according to a politics of caring for those on the margins, the least of Jesus’ family.

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The problem with the timid servant who buried his talent is not that he was an ineffective venture capitalist, but that he fundamentally misunderstood the nature of what he had been given. The divine mercy— received as a gift—is meant to be given to others as a gift. 

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The wise maidens are the ones who keep their lamps trimmed and burning, ready to lift a torch for anyone: the hungry, the poor, the stranger and the outcast.

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Our beloved dead are connected to God, and therefore connected to everything that God loves.

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Hymn for the Feast of All Saints, reflection on the reading 1 John, 3:1-3

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"“The only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” (Léon Bloy)

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When the Pharisees ask their last tricky question, Jesus does indeed out-trick them. But he doesn't do it by giving the right answer; he out-tricks them by actually being the right answer.

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On our best days, remembering that we are made In the image and likeness of God, we will make God present in our living and loving. On that day, the world will have a glimpse of what God looks like. 

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In his new encyclical, Pope Francis points to the worldwide tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic that momentarily revived the sense that we are a global community, all in the same boat, where one person’s problems are the problems of all.

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"For Autumn and the leaves of death, we give you thanks O Lord."