The middle of Ordinary Time can feel like a non-season, liturgically speaking. On Sundays we trek along to Jerusalem with Jesus and the disciples, as Luke dictates.

In a conversation with God, Abraham explores the range of God's mercy.

Asking for help is a curiously difficult thing to do. Once we're no longer kids, we take a distinct pride in being self-sufficient.

I like this weekend's reading from Genesis almost as much as any in scripture. It is so simply human and yet carries such a great message about God's mercy and forgiveness.

In a practice common in the ancient world, the disciples of Jesus asked for a special prayer, and Jesus obliged with what has become the signature prayer of Christians: the Our Father.

We turn in prayer to the one who teaches us to pray.

And what was the first rule of our dear Savior’s life?

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