Faith is born of the compassionate gaze with which God looks upon us. It softens the hardness of our hearts, heals our wounds, and gives us new eyes to gaze upon ourselves, others, and every situation we experience, even the most painful.

Gospel: Today the Risen Christ instructs his disciples to proclaim the Good News not just to all his followers, not just to all men, not just to all people, but to "all creation" (κτίσει or ktisei) (Mk 16). It's a reminder of our call to reverence all of God's creation, the… pic.twitter.com/s1OOpNmTM2

Gospel: Sometimes people have a hard time imagining God. Or they have in their minds images of God that end up distancing them from the true God. But today Jesus says, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me" (Jn 12). At this point in… pic.twitter.com/1fTwaD86IN

We have all sinned. But God sent His Son Jesus Christ from heaven to earth to pay the price for our sin. #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/uAFdR8zHHO