Mary M. McGlone

Scripture for Life: The liturgy for the Vigil of Pentecost invites us into hope. Unlike the miracle of the tongues we will hear the next day, this is an invitation to dream.

Scripture for Life: We've heard the call to love one another, perhaps too frequently. But Christ's love is what the readings of the Sixth Sunday of Easter call forth from us and this call is likely to make us uncomfortable. 

Scripture for Life: The Sundays of Easter celebrate the resurrection and the union with God that Christ always offers — with or without our knowing it. 

Scripture for Life: Today's readings invite us to stand alongside Peter and search our hearts until we can explain why it is that we do what we do and what kind of power we are exercising. 

Scripture for Life: Faith in the Resurrection calls us into a bold new way of loving, knowing that with God's help such a love can never be conquered.

Scripture for Life: The invitation to believe in the Resurrection asks for a leap of faith that starts with our heart, our hands and our feet, not our intellect.

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: 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: 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.

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: In this second week of the 2023 Season of Creation, we are called to take up our vocation as creation's caretakers without delay.

Today, we find ourselves called to answer Jesus' question for ourselves. Happily, we don't need to figure it out alone, nor live it alone.