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God gives us faith, but God also provides other gifts to supplement and support our faith, such as goodness, knowledge, endurance, and love. Let us make use of these further gifts to grow our faith.

Lydia, a rich believer, invites the disciples to stay with her in her home and they accept. She is just one example of many benefactors that assist the apostles work, just as they assisted Jesus' work. To further the Good News, we need to avail ourselves of the gifts of all God's people, not just some.

We are called to love one another, and often this opens us up to suffering. But the mystery of the cross and resurrection of Jesus reveals that this suffering, which is painful, will be transformed into something beautiful, and so we can embrace it.

Peter and the apostles gave bold witness to their faith, and people listened. We should do the same today.

Jesus tells us that he did not come to condemn the world but to save it. So when we sin, we should not run away. We should run to Jesus, the light of the world.

The prophet Isaiah tells us that God will create everything new, so that what was once mourning will turn into joy. Look for that in your own life.

The prophet Isaiah tells us that the fasting God wants is in helping the poor. Our own fasting during Lent should make us more aware of our own dependence on God and also more aware of the needs of people who go without.

Jesus tells us that to follow him, we must take up our cross daily. Sometimes we hope for a shortcut to holiness, but we get there by choosing love day after day after day.

Jesus calls us not only to repent, but to believe in the Good News that the Kingdom of God is here and now.

As Jesus' ministry began, his family thought he was "out of his mind." Can we help our family members discern their true vocation, or do we think following God is "crazy"?

In the readings for Midnight Mass we hear the story of the savior being born in a little town, laid quietly in a manger, noticed only by his parents and shepherds brought there by the proclamation of angels—God not coming with trumpet blasts, but unfolding over time from this quiet beginning.

The holidays can be stressful for families, but the prophet Malachai assures us that God will "To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers."