In the Lectionary

Portrayed as a cowardly dolt, Nicodemus is usually spotted skulking about under cover of darkness.

The Tempter will return again and again. But we are never left alone.

The Beatitudes sneak up on us.

In the United States, it is rare to hear someone define herself as belonging to someone else. Here, we belong to ourselves.

Perhaps the Ancient of Days took great pleasure in these light shows.

Herod tells the Eastern intellectuals the truth, and the rest is history.