Reflections (Page 3)

Today's scriptures provide a cautionary tale about following the ways of Babylon versus following the way of Jesus.

Mary Magdalene offers us a profound model of friendship with Jesus and each other that we would do well to study and imitate.

Jesus said he came to "bring not peace but the sword." In this he was speaking to the difficult work of disrupting "negative peace."

In the Catholic tradition, our sense play an important role in the spiritual life, and God can use them to speak to our hearts.

The biblical call to address worker justice and economic exploitation is a robust and prophetic tradition in our scriptures.

The feast of John the Baptist offers us a chance to reconnect with our earth and the responsibility to speak truth to power.

In today's gospel reading, Jesus offers a vision of nonviolence that came to be emodied in the life and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr.

In one of his most famous teachings, Jesus offers his alternate vision for the world. We call these "the beatitudes."

Jesus speaks about the "stone that the builders rejected" and is speaking both about himself and all who are rejected in society.

Jesus was clear in his teachings that wealth and riches were not intended to get "stuck" with the few. They need to be redistributed.

Far from being a docile, quiet figure, Mary the Mother of the Church, offers us a revolutionary vision for our world.