Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are plenty of scriptures that emphasize this incredible event and celebration—prophecies from the Old Testament, ...

The last weeks of Ordinary Time focus on eschatology, the Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, hell). Before the post-Vatican II reform of the Lectionary (the Book of Biblical Readings for Mass), the ...

Each spring, we put a lot of focus on the Easter holiday. It's a joyous occasion that celebrates Jesus' resurrection and the hope we have for eternal life. However, Good Friday is also an important ...

The term “Christianity” designates that stage in the unfolding of God’s redemptive purpose which began with the advent of the Son of God in the flesh. We are prone, however, to overlook the fact that ...

With this Sunday, the liturgical year draws to a close. Last Sunday and next Sunday will remind us of the end of the world. The last regular Sunday of Ordinary Time reminds us, because that is where ...

Today's feast invites us to admit our own frustrated desires for certainty in the midst of doubts or weakness of faith. The ...

Jonathan Linebaugh’s pastoral, accessible invitation to Scripture is rightly focused on Christ but uncertain in its audience and too quiet about the church. If the Bible is the most-published book in ...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

11. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." — John 3:16 12. "And with great power the apostles were giving their ...