Jesus calls us to follow his lead in rejecting easy comfortable paths and choosing the tough road of costly active love.
Jesus calls us to follow his lead in rejecting easy comfortable paths and choosing the tough road of costly active love.
God’s love unconditionally seeks all people.
God will entrust us with more when we have proved trustworthy with what we have been given.
God’s grace is extravagant and should inspire celebration (but often inspires grudging).
Jesus is God’s chosen liberator from birth and calls us to follow him among the innocent sufferers bringing hope and freedom.
There is an illuminating contrast between the response of the pagan magi and the response of the biblical scholars, and between the kingship of Jesus and the kingship of Herod.
Christ has identified himself with the poor and needy and we will be judged on how we respond to his need.