“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my ...

Jonah wasn’t scared he’d fail. He was scared he’d succeed. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No thanks,” and boarded a ...

Peter is then told to put on his cloak. The robe in Scripture is often equated with righteousness. Thus the instruction of ...

Everything is just a comma, not the end. Yes, this isn’t the end. This is the turning point. Still God. Still Standing. Not ...

COMMENTARY: Pope St. John Paul II called him ‘the saint of ordinary life,’ but we could also name him the apostle of the ...

I attend a Bible reading group. We read scriptures from the lectionary that many churches use. Synagogues in the time of ...

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The event was organized by the Vatican Dicastery for the Clergy with the theme taken from St. John’s Gospel: “I have called ...

In order to make your life better, you have to be willing to CHANGE your habits. You have to be willing to CHANGE your ...

I am living in my favorite season of life so far. Last November I turned 60 years old and found myself pleasantly surprised ...

As America stands on the cusp of what many believe could be a Third Great Awakening, the words of Psalm 33 offer both warning ...

In one of the best Hadith collections, Saheeh Muslim in particular, there are a number of hadiths which some scholars said were weak or problematic, including Abu’l-Hasan ad-Daaraqtni, Abu ‘Ali ...