Scripture for Life

Scripture for Life: What will make us more God-like, focusing on our failures or exulting in those moments when we know God has worked through us to bring about something wonderful?

Scripture for Life: Imagine what it would feel like to have genuine sympathy for the "wise and learned," who rely on themselves, compelled to make a show of their prestige. Imagine laying down all those heavy burdens!

Today, as we prepare to celebrate July 4, we might ask ourselves some of the following questions: "Who are the prophets in our society? Who is calling us to a deeper living of the Gospel? Whose need reminds us of the fragility of all life and our universal need for solidarity?"

Scripture for Life: Taking the invitation and challenge of today's Gospel to heart, we will do all we can to be and become a church of disciples who continue the mission of Jesus.

Scripture for Life: Where does this feast invite us to go? Like the entire Gospel of John, it invites us to venture beyond what we see and to imbibe Christ's invitation to communion.

Scripture for Life: The Scriptures offer tremendous help in our search to know what God is like, not because they give us a clear answer, but precisely because they do not.

Scripture for Life: At Pentecost in the 21st century, when no part of the world is unreachable and every language is translatable in an instant, it is time to appreciate the "blessed awareness that we are all part of one another."

Scripture for Life: As we celebrate the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, the Scriptures teach us that genuine faith is a way of life in community.