Good News for Today

"Christian faith is more than a simple, intellectual assent to a list of moral demands. It is the response of the heart as well as the head to an encounter with Christ." Jesus urges his followers to read the "signs of the times"--that is, to look with the eyes of faith and the wisdom of Scripture at the events happening around us and to discover in them inspiration, guidance, and meaning. These reflections, drawn from Father Veneroso's popular columns and editorials in Maryknoll magazine, deal with everyday situations, familiar to every family, as well as larger themes of justice, equality, war and peace. In each piece he shows that with the eyes of faith we can find God not just in some "religious" place but in our daily lives, in the needs of our neighbors, and the challenges of our world.