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.

Although the second reading of the first Sunday in February was 1 Corinthians 13 (commonly known as the love chapter), the lectionary was not setting us up to celebrate Valentine’s Day. When Paul ...

Unlike Elvis, about whom there have been no end of alleged sightings — from Memphis to the moon — nearly all the Jesus sightings we have on record are confined to the New Testament. Of course, these ...

For centuries, Christian pilgrims have come to Jerusalem to retrace the last hours of Jesus' life, walking the traditional stations of the cross on the Via Dolorosa — or way of suffering. The biggest ...

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 ...

In order for us to reflect most effectively on the Scripture lessons today, I think that it's important to put the event described in today's Gospel in the context of what has been happening in the ...

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 ...

Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading comes from the end of the Bread of Life discourse. In that lengthy sermon, Jesus instructs his followers that they will have to eat his body and his ...