In a way, this weekend’s readings speak of the ideal and the real. Conflict hits the community in Acts, and responsible persons step forward to try to resolve it.

Country music songwriters often find a snappy way to capture the human condition in just a few words.

After the departure of a loved one, what's left is often an assortment of odd things that become surprisingly meaningful. Whether the person in question has gone to war, moved away, or joined "those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith," their parting gifts are precious.

IN HIS VISION of the holy city, the author of the Book of Revelation says he saw no temple; the temple was God.

MY SISTER'S FRIEND Natalie was the richest girl in our town, mainly because most of her father’s property was owned by trusts in her name.

AT OUR HOUSE Sunday lunch was pasta. It always had been and I guess that I always expected that it would be.

You can develop stories around the themes in this week’s readings.

The Lord gives us his peace. Let us pray for the strength to trust God in all things.

Drawing on Ezekiel 40, 43, 48-49 and Isaiah 60, the author of Revelation relates a vision of the new Jerusalem: It stands as an edifice of the story of salvation.

You are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.