Posts by Clara Santoro

Reflection The light of truth in Jesus is a blinding one: It is not enough to regret evil, he shows us. We must do something, each of us, to denounce…

Reflection Jesus was a man of vision concerned primarily for the “reign of God” not as a concept but as a living ever transforming reality that would bring justice to…

Reflection What does it mean to be made in the image of God? In part it is to say that wisdom is deep within us, deeper than the ignorance of…

Reflection The Christian ideal is personal goodness, but personal goodness requires that we be more than pious, more than faithful to the system, more than mere card-carrying members of the…

Reflection As we mature spiritually, we realize that prayer involves a wrestling with our concept of God. The comfortable God of our beginnings has been replaced by a Holy Mystery…

Reflection Jesus took Peter, James and Johnand led them up a high mountain apart by themselvesand he was transfigured before them.Mark 9:2-10 In spiritual traditions, the mountain top is where…

Reflection Spirituality is an awareness that we long to reach a dimension beyond ourselves. It is a desire to know the Incomprehensible Mystery that we believe exists and is in…

Reflection God who loves us knows us. We long to be known, not only from the outside but from within. We feel that if others knew us as we really…

Reflection Jesus lived and taught compassion. His deep awareness and sympathy for the needs and sufferings of those whom he met enabled him to recognize their hunger, their illnesses, their…

Reflection God’s forgiveness is unconditional; it comes from a heart that does not demand anything for itself, a heart that is completely empty of self-seeking. It is this divine forgiveness…