Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,
he went to him and asked him to come down
and heal his son, who was near death.…

Have you ever thought about how light is not something you can so much see as it is something that allows you to see.  If you look at the sun (but please don’t) you are looking at the source of light. …

The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity —
greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. (Lk 18:9-14)

It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?…

How do you understand something?  Is it simply a matter of processing information/data through your mental faculties in such a way that your cognitive framework can make sense and assign some type of meaning to the information, much like the cataloging process of a library? …

How can love be legitimated?  Is there a law for love?  In the Christian tradition, there seem to be laws of love that go deep and involve transformation.  The beatitudes could be seen as these laws of love, but I wonder if the use of the term law itself is appropriate when speaking about love. …