As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

Some questions make me stop and really think. This question did that: Is it possible that the stress you feel is because you have yet to learn from Jesus what it means to be gentle? These are ...

Sunday, Oct. 11, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B). This Sunday, the second reading warns us that the word of God hurts sometimes — and the Gospel proves it. “The word of God is living and ...

The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel, Saint Catherine's Monastery. (Wikimedia Commons) In 1988, my first year as a Jesuit novice in Boston, I spied a slim paperback book on ...

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal concluded that going to church has mental health benefits. Based on a growing body of research, the contention is that connecting with a spiritual community ...

We can choose many different ways to begin to repair the frayed social fabric of American life. But regardless of which path to healing and unity is our favorite, it's beyond imperative that we work ...

How Christian teachers can tell the story of Black history in culturally relevant ways. As a kid, my friends and I believed that the designation Black History Month in February was due to a racist ...

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On the Feast of the Annunciation, Christians celebrate the Almighty becoming an embryo. Men in particular should pay attention. Sinai icon image shown by permission of Saint Catherine’s Monastery, ...