“Destruction is in her midst; oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it; nor is…
“Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. “I would hasten to my place of refuge from the stormy wind and tempest.” (Psalm 55:7-8) Lord,…
“My heart is in anguish within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. I said, “Oh,…
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” (St. Paul, writing in Philippians 2:3) As our nation faces another shocking set of murders,…
“Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?” (Genesis 50:19) Joseph’s brothers had cruelly rejected him and sold him into slavery. Now, in the days following their…