Sunday, Oct. 13, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27. Today’s Gospel invites us to wrestle with ...

Columnist's note: As I was mulling over what to write this week, my friend and housemate, St. Joseph Sr. Jeanne Cmolik, preached a wonderful reflection on Palm Sunday. It was too good not to share.

Sunday, Jan. 26, is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 8:23-9:3; Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17; Matthew 4:12-23. Jesus begins his public ministry with a move ...

For centuries, Christians have debated an important question. Can someone truly follow Jesus without baptism? Some churches ...

The late Dutch Catholic priest and spiritual writer Nouwen (The Return of the Prodigal Son) unpacks what it means to be a follower of Jesus in modern society in this excellent posthumous collection of ...

So he makes what seems to be kind of a harsh statement: "You have to love God more than father, mother, brother, sister, wife, family, children, or you can't be my disciple." At the very end, he says, ...

From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus preached a message that was familiar enough so that those who came to hear him could recognize their religious tradition. At the same time, that message was ...

In this week’s Gospel reading, Luke struggles with a problem that vexed a number of New Testament authors: Why do only some people accept Jesus’ message, while others treat it with indifference or ...

Barna has tracked the state of Christianity for nearly four decades. If Christianity were traded on the stock market, shareholders would have been watching a downward trend. Although the trajectory of ...