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The poor are the center of the Church. But who are the poor? At first we might think of people who are not like us: people who live in slums, people who go to soup kitchens, people who sleep on the streets, people in prisons, mental hospitals, and nursing homes. But the poor can... Read More →

God must be allowed to speak unpredictably. The Holy Spirit, the very voice of Divine Liberty, must always be like the wind in “blowing where he pleases” (John 3:8). In the mystery of the Old Testament there was already a tension between the Law and the Prophets. In the New... Read More →

It is sad to say, but the familiar phrase “the unconditional love of God” has become cliche, a true but trite expression devoid of any real meaning. Words, like anything else used too often, soon depreciate in value, lose their edge, and cease to bite into our lives.... Read More →

How do we know that we are infinitely loved by God when our immediate surroundings keep telling us that we’d better prove our right to exist? The knowledge of being loved in an unconditional way, before the world presents us with its conditions, can’t come from books,... Read More →

How can we choose love when we have experienced so little of it? We choose love by taking small steps of love every time there is an opportunity. A smile, a handshake, a word of encouragement, a phone call, a card, an embrace, a kind greeting, a gesture of support, a moment of... Read More →