Our sense of wonder is a blessing from God, given so that we would be continually amazed at His beauty and creation.

Jesus resisted the temptation of outrage and the quick fix of condemnation. He spent most of his time preparing wineskins before pouring new wine into them. Our tendency is to start pouring the wine into skins that will only burst.

You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life.

When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies that are so destructive. This is at the heart of the human predicament, and the Scriptures call this condition sin.

Attempting to satisfy the passions that rage inside us and the longings that motivate us, we invent spirituality, lean on political solutions, create new villains, turn our backs on Jesus, and blame a thousand tyrannies- but we never come to terms with the source of the problem deep within the heart and inclination of every human being.

Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.

It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good.