From the propers this week, Father Harris discusses the reality of living in a world that gives us every reason to be troubled. He reminds us that when Jesus commanded his disciples to "let not your hearts be troubled," he wasn't speaking from a place of naivety, but from the shadow of the Cross, offering a way through the darkness rather than an escape from it. By examining our tendencies to avert our gaze from the suffering of our neighbors or the critiques of our loved ones, we are invited to trade the paralysis of anxiety for a deep, intuitive trust in the trustworthiness of God.