Jesus: You must accept the Kingdom of God as children!

and yet we live in the shadows of the Tower of Babel, the Internet and misinformation.

How can we even be aware of good news?

we must once again open our eyes in wide eyed wonder as children do.

we must be resilient. Joyce Rupp writes about rootedness in her new book. We must summon up resiliency in the face of so much dysfunction that envelops us.

and so we pray: Deliver us from evil, and restore the joy of our youth.

long ago as an altar boy, I prayed: “I will go to the altar of God, the joy of my youth.”

so be it. So be it. Amen