The Lord is always willing to sit with us, to share table with us, to interact with us and be our inspiration in life...

Any service done in love is very acceptable to God and gives substance to anything else we may do for Lent...

Voluntary renunciation has a positive meaning. Giving up something for Lent is always with a view to living life more fully.

Our ultimate destiny is not just a return to dust and ashes but sharing in the Lord's risen life and seeing God face-to-face...

Just as children easily begin to join other children as playmates, so we should respect those who are least self-important...

Even when all seems lost, we need to keep reaching out, like the man in today's gospel, whose prayer was finally heard...

Earlier thinkers had stated the principle not to do to others what you would not have them do to you. That underlies all manners and politeness. But Jesus puts it more positively...

Mercy is the outstanding gift of God even of the "Old Testament God" whom many imagine as predominantly harsh and punitive ...

Today we pray for divine guidance on our present pope and on the whole church of God throughout the world...

If we reach out a helping hand to our neighbour in need, we are carrying the cross in the way that matters...