As this is Easter month, the topic of my message is Jesus' name above all names. In the book of Philippians 2, verse 9, God has given Jesus a name that is above every name -- that at the name of Jesus ...
Sunday, Jan. 28, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28. In the Sunday Gospel, Jesus models four ...
We each possess a name given to us by our parents. Maybe you were named after a relative or you were just given your name because your parents liked it. But for whatever the reason you came by your ...
On the first day of our introductory preaching course, my colleague presents a continuum. At one end is the view that the preacher has sole responsibility to make the gospel heard, to get Jesus to ...
COMMENTARY: To pray in Jesus’ name is to do more than finish our prayers by saying “through Christ our Lord.” It means to pray in communion with the person of Jesus, to turn to the Father together ...
VATICAN CITY — Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said. "This year we celebrate Easter not to the joyful ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Priests soon will be fanning out to dioceses across the country to inspire deeper reflection on the gift of the Eucharist to the church. The National Eucharistic Preachers are part ...