There are no ordinary people, because God made every single one of us imago Dei—in his own image and likeness (Genesis 1:26). Keeping this in mind helps us to see the good in others, even when that goodness is a little (or a lot) harder to see at first.
Where Love Is, There Is the Eye
Love enables us to see the good more clearly: in other people, in ourselves, and in life itself.
Finding Treasures in Pockets of Time
Maria Riley describes how she has learned to turn tiny pockets of time over to God.
How Good That You Exist!
Everyone needs at least one person in their lives who can honestly say to them, “How good that you exist!”
A Wonka Way of Life
From a family game to movie night, Maria Riley shares an invaluable lesson she learned from a classic character.
Food for the Journey
Like Jesus, we are called to “break ourselves open and pour ourselves out” in love for our fellow human beings, becoming “food” and “drink” for them as they make their way through their own journey to Love.
Love Is Life that Pours Itself Forth
We are most fully alive when we are “breaking ourselves open and pouring ourselves out” in loving self-gift to God and neighbor.
Giving Back to the Giver
To surrender your life to God is to offer yourself as a conduit for the divine love.
Hand It Over
To give one’s self away in love to God is, paradoxically, to be in the fullest possible possession of one’s self, breaking out of the dungeon of the ego and into the infinite spaces of the divine love.