Father Anthony uses Ezrah’s prayer from the Book of Nehemiah to show how important it is to take stock and truthfully acknowledge all the blessings of God in our life.

Father Anthony encourages us to come to God with a contrite and humble heart so as to seek His grace.

Father Anthony reflects on the disarming mercy of John 8:1–11, set in the early hush of morning as Jesus returns to the Temple and sits to teach—until the lesson is interrupted by accusation and spectacle: the scribes and Pharisees drag a woman caught in adultery into the center, turning her into a test case meant to trap both her and Him—“Moses commanded us to stone such.