Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.

Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention.

Only you can determine your choice of attitude. Choose wisely, choose carefully, choose confidently!

It is often just as sacred to laugh as it is to pray.

The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don't seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose their grip; Our grief over those who have gone on is diminished; Our desires to press on in spite of the obstacles is rejuvenated... Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: 'He is risen, indeed!'

When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.

Grace is ours. Let's live it! Deny it or debate it and we kill it.