John Foley, SJ
The people were condemned by their own actions. God's love remained constant, but theirs didn’t. So invading forces took them as captives into Babylon, where they remained in exile for seventy years.
Ron Rolheiser
We struggle with doubt because we can’t picture God’s existence, imagine God’s reality, or feel God’s presence in our normal ways. At a certain point, our minds, imaginations, and hearts simply run out of gas.
Eleonore Stump
The Second Reading declares that God is rich in mercy and great in love. So why doesn’t God protect his people from the heartbreak that his people had when Jerusalem was destroyed?
Gerald Darring
Who will bring light into this world of darkness? Who, if not the follower of Christ, will “turn hatred to love, conflict to peace, death to eternal life”? We live in a world that is in need of salvation.
Anne Osdieck
Describe three places where “the immeasurable riches of his grace” are at work in the world or in your life today.