The rhythm and images of this psalm are comforting, but they also hold a powerful confession of trust.

What are you willing to sacrifice for “good works and acts of charity”?

In your life, what evidence is there of your love for Jesus? In what ways do you feed his sheep?

Where do your allegiances lie?

Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

It took an episode of blindness to open Saul's eyes to what God, through Jesus, was doing.

All the disciples needed clear evidence that Jesus was no longer dead, but had, in fact, risen.

In this reading, it seems that the biggest issue for the religious authorities is that they did not get their way simply by virtue of their status.

In this call to praise, the community is called to acknowledge and offer thanks for God’s faithfulness.

What if death does not have the last word, but is only a door through which Jesus had walked into a wholly different life?