The Cross refreshes us only because it is the Cross of Someone who loves us completely.

The force for growth is God's love.

But rain does what rain does—it waters the earth and makes it fertile.

stretch for the Lord!

Could Jesus have chosen anyone more disqualified to be the pillars of His Church?

Her hospitality flows from faith. She recognizes God’s presence in Elisha and responds generously.

Jesus wants us to strive for excellence and develop virtuous lives. He wants us to get up and walk, walk away from habitual sin that perhaps has a hold on someone due to spiritual confusion.

From the womb John was baptized by Christ, who was in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

He did not know what God would do, but he knew God would hear him and what God decided would be best.

It is in the small things this coherency of life is forged.