“We must find [Christ] here, now, and where we are, in this age of ours.” – Isaac Hecker, C. S. P.

Surely, before Mary said “Yes” to God, she recognized that her consent would launch her and her child into a life of uncertainty and risk.

From the University Parish of Christ Sun of Justice, Troy NY.

From the University Parish of Christ Sun of Justice. Troy NY

We can’t live out God’s promise of comfort, unless we first step outside of our comfort zones.

God continually invites each of us to step into a future where we don’t know what will happen.

From the University Parish of Christ Sun of Justice, Troy NY.

Even Mother Teresa of Kolkata was called “a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud.”

Jesus was inserted into this same conflict concerning politics, ethnicity, and religion.

What are today’s analogies for God’s vineyard?

“I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it.” Amos 5:24 (The Message)