Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast...and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.

The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.

We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.

The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.

Christianity happens when men and women accept with unwavering trust that their sins have been not only forgiven, but forgotten, washed away in the blood of the Lamb. Thus, my friend archbishop Joe Reia says, "A sad Christian is a phony Christian, and a guilty Christian is no Christian at all.

The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.

The Word we study has to be the Word we pray.