In his first daily homily since returning from the Holy Land Pope Francis centered on the theme of Christian joy, explaining that it comes not from our immediate circumstances, but what Jesus promised ...

Sunday, May 12, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100: 1-2, 3, 5; Revelation 7: 9, 14-17; John 10:27-30. A profound paradox marked the life of the early ...

I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the Advent wreath in the dark ...

Pope Francis has invited young people to be a light of hope in a world suffering from war, violence, suffering, and despair. “When we think of human tragedies, especially the suffering of the innocent ...

Easter Sunday — what a great day of REJOICING for the church! This year in particular it was so for many churches who did not get to enjoy celebrating Easter in 2020. For some, it may well have been ...

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day ...

In England and later in New York City Jowett became the most popular evangelical preacher. By study of master sermons, and by ceaseless toil he mastered “the fine art of making a little go a long way.