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If You Had Good News, Who Would You Tell?
If you were God and had just done something amazing, who would you tell? God told shepherds: today's garbage collectors, janitors, maids, dishwashers, delivery drivers, and farmers. He has a message for them and us today.
Tom Faletti
19 hours ago6 min read
The Greatest Love Story of All Time
Most people love a good love story – in movies and plays, in literature and books. But many people don’t realize that the greatest love story in the history of the world is celebrated every year – and YOU are in the story!
Tom Faletti
Dec 15 min read
Have a Yes Mindset: Let Your Default Setting Be to Say Yes to the Good
I was blessed with wonderful parents whose default position was to say Yes if they could. Jesus modeled the Yes mindset. Those who refuse to provide SNAP benefits for the hungry show a No mindset. We all have to decide whether we approach life with a Yes mindset or a No mindset, and for whose benefit we are most likely to say Yes.
Tom Faletti
Nov 96 min read
Welcoming Immigrants is Not Political, It’s Christian
People who oppose immigration accuse Christians of being “political.” Their argument is with God, not with us. Jesus told us to “welcome the stranger.” We are just following his teachings. National Migration Week is a good time to recall that Catholics have celebrated World Day for Migrants and Refugees for 111 years and Christians have supported migrants from the earliest days of the faith. It's not new, and it's not political.
Tom Faletti
Sep 225 min read
What Does Mercy Look Like in Us and in the Actions of Our Government?
In the Beatitudes, Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful.” Mercy is compassion in action. How can we show mercy to others? How can our government treat people with mercy, and in what ways is it failing?
Tom Faletti
Aug 165 min read
Courage, Grace, and Diversity: Black Role Models for All People
Black people have provided lessons in fortitude, character, and excellence that all Americans can benefit from. Attacks on diversity and inclusion discourage access to these stories. Here are some of the role models we can learn from, including Diane Nash and Medgar Evers.
Tom Faletti
Jul 237 min read
God’s Downside-Up View of the World
Our society sees through the eyes of billionaires and influencers. God sees from the perspective of the people at the bottom. A comparison.
Tom Faletti
Mar 224 min read
A New Voice for Justice Comes to Washington
Cardinal Robert McElroy champions justice and calls us to protect the powerless, the homeless, workers, the poor, and refugees.
Tom Faletti
Jan 205 min read
The Good News in James: We Can Join in God’s Concern for the Poor
The Letter of James encourages us to think, act, and pray differently. The Book of James cautions us that the way we treat the poor may...
Tom Faletti
Sep 7, 20246 min read
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