God has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so ...

As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into ...

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters ... Help us to take up the Cross, and not to shun it. May we never complain or become discouraged by life's trials.

Jesus, whose divine love alone can redeem all humanity, wants us to share his Cross so that we can complete what is still lacking in his suffering (cf. Col 1:24). Whenever we show kindness to the ...