
Six days a week we wring profit from the earth — but what happens on the day we are asked to stop wringing? Heschel’s image of Sabbath as tending the seed of eternity planted in the soul opens onto an old, familiar hunger: the one no amount of acquiring, storing, or consuming has ever…

When we have exhausted ourselves in the wilderness of self-will, we discover what was always true: God’s love was never withheld. Drawing on Fr. Mike Schmitz’s simple confession — “I’m not perfect. I’m not okay. But I am loved.” — this Lectio Divina reflects on the unconditional love that meets us in our imperfection,…