Topic: Wisdom

When we detach from things, God comes to fill or possess us by God’s Spirit, and suddenly the world is full of life once more.

Advent is a time of deep paradox, a season that speaks to the reality of our world and calls us to be awake.

Any political wisdom which has lost touch with the values revealed to us in the character of God is on the road to disaster. It is not wisdom at all; it is just the mouthings of wealth and power.

God calls us to detach, to empty ourselves of desire, to die with Christ, so that we may truly welcome Christ when he returns to his appointed home in our hearts and souls.

The beatitudes proclaim God’s preferential love for the poor and challenge us to rethink our own dependence on financial security.