Mary M. McGlone

Scripture for Life: This week of remembrance leads us to ask ourselves, "Are we prepared to be implicated with Christ?" 

Scripture for Life: Ours is a God who gambles on love — over and over again. In today's Gospel, Jesus explains the same dynamic in relation to his life and mission.

Scripture for Life: If we believe that God works through us, instead of asking "Why does God let it happen?," the prophetic question is, "How can people who believe in God and the power of love let it happen?" 

Scripture for Life: Contemplating Jesus' fury in the temple calls us to take account of ourselves. What religion do we proclaim in our worship and our daily actions?

Scripture for Life: In an interesting combination of Scripture passages, the story of Abraham's test prepares us for contemplating Jesus' transfiguration.

Scripture for Life: As we begin Lent, rather than choose something to give up, a more radical approach could be to commit to taking the leisure that allows us to dream beyond our current horizons.

Scripture for Life: Be imitators of Christ. Imitate the one who responded first to the marginalized, to society's outcasts, to the ones who feel they can never measure up.

Scripture for Life: We never know when God will appear out of the whirlwind and give us a mission beyond our wildest dreams.

Scripture for Life: Bewilderment is good for faith; it can startle us into suspecting that there's more afoot than we would ever dream of.

Scripture for Life: The reign of God describes a web of relationships that continually grows, drawing more and more people into unity with God and neighbor — and with all of creation.

Scripture for Life: From Samuel to Jesus and the disciples, it's all about looking, listening and hearing, attitudes that lead to discovering who we are and are called to be. It's all about vocation: seeking and listening.

Scripture for Life: "Epiphany" refers to a manifestation of God or an insight into the deep meaning of something. Epiphany is beyond our control. Epiphany happens to people willing to have their minds changed.

Scripture for Life: The Creator did not exercise power and might, but set the universe on a course of evolution in which divine love would one day take on flesh and need to rely on the goodwill of people.

Scripture for Life: Today, the Spirit of the Lord urges us to rejoice because we know that the hungry can be fed and the brokenhearted healed.

Today, we hear some of Isaiah's most famous lines, "Prepare the way of the Lord! ... The glory of the Lord shall be revealed. All people shall see it together."

Scripture for Life: As we begin Advent, we might recall some of our most memorable experiences of anticipation. Waiting reminds us that, like it or not, we don’t control the universe. 

Scripture for Life: We celebrate this Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, on the heels of the first session of the synod on synodality. The synod is calling us to learn how to journey together as church and as the people of the world. 

Scripture for Life: Genuine thanksgiving will motivate us to accept the trust put in us and imitate God's limitless liberality.

Scripture for Life: Where can we find wisdom or knowledge of God? Today's first reading makes a promise: She is "found by those who seek her," and, "She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire."

Scripture for Life: Young or old, celibate or in a committed relationship, no matter our gender, all God asks is that we give of ourselves exactly as we are — and that we give our all.