Topic: Jesus

Jesus gives us a peace that is not secured at the expense of victims, and he sends a Defence Counsel to lead the defence of the world’s victims.

Extravagant devotion to the crucified Christ is the foundation of our compassion and care for other victims of the world’s callousness.

Recognising Jesus as Lord requires such a reversal of conventional values that it cannot but dangerously transform us.

With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.

To name Christ as King is to identify ourselves as dissenters to the claims of any other authority.

God offers to make us his children, a position that may not appeal to our autonomous ambitions, but which offers honour and security.

Jesus leads the way in exposing and opposing violence, no matter what the cost, and life is found in following his lead.

When we recognise Christ’s presence in the Eucharistic liturgy, we will bring the sick in search of healing.

The church is formed when we ask Christ to rule over us and make a covenant with him to define the terms.

The Kingdom of God grows like a weed – seemingly insignificant and unwanted – but it ends up with a place of refuge for everyone.

The risen Christ confronts us with both the gruesome consequences of our violence and the terrifying shock of grace.

Violence must be a constant temptation for God, but in absolute love, God has vowed never to resort to it.