The Gift of Faith
Though our questions may overwhelm us, and our doubts stridently speak, We praise you, O God, for the gift of faith. Though we may miss the signs of your [...]
Though our questions may overwhelm us, and our doubts stridently speak, We praise you, O God, for the gift of faith. Though we may miss the signs of your [...]
We need to remember, O God, that resurrection is not just a mysterious event that once happened long ago. We need to know - to live - the truth of [...]
In every place and every time, in every relationship and every interaction, You are God. You are God to the poor and to the wealthy, to the weak and [...]
We hear about the terrible things that happen to others, God, and we are so glad that it wasn't us; But, secretly, we wonder what they did to deserve it, [...]
How we underestimate your compassion, Jesus; we are too easily convinced that you frown more than you smile, that our weakness and ignorance, our mistakes and sins, guarantee nothing but [...]
We are the Church, Jesus, but sometimes we fail to believe it, and so we focus more on what divides us than on your call and the unconditional welcome that [...]
It was scandalous then, Jesus: your inappropriate choice of associations, your insistence on being with those who were least likely to be friends of God. It’s scandalous now, Jesus! We [...]
I sometimes wonder how it makes you feel, God, when we speak of you in the hushed tones of fear, when we think of holiness as rigid rule-keeping, and harsh [...]
Sometimes, God, It seems that you don’t care much for your reputation. Your name always seems to crop up in connection With all the wrong sorts of people: questionable people, [...]
How much we struggle to turn, God; Even when we feel the pain of the road we're on, we find it hard to admit it, and to change course. [...]