There are no unimportant people in the world. We are all important to God and to life.

Over the centuries, we humans have survived plagues and famines and natural disasters. I don’t pretend to know why God allows them, but I do know that as a human race we survive them.

We do not live in a morally neutral universe. Good and evil, life and death, do contend with each other.

There’s an old saying: “Life is fragile. Handle with prayer.” I’m blessed to be alive.

When we believe that we are made of the “stuff” of God, then we have the power to co-create our world again in God’s likeness. Our time is limited. Our love is not. 

Salvation history is not just about what God did in the past, but what God wants to do through each one of us in the present.

In lieu of resolutions, may I suggest we learn a formula: “The more inadequate we feel, the more anxious we will feel, and the more hostile we will behave.”

The world may or may not believe what we say. But the world will believe what we do. Do we live in such a way as to allow the God born once in a manger to live fully in us?

In this month dedicated to praying for the “poor souls” in purgatory, let us not forget to pray for the dying

The power of evil destroys life. We share the power of God when we give life.