As we journey through this year and this month, let us remember that carrying unnecessary weight will sink our boat of life.

When we hear the word saint, our first thought probably goes to Roman Catholic saints because the Catholic church calls certain people saints, such as St. Francis or St. Augustine, or our minds might ...

PRAYER: May the Lord empower us to watch the changes around us, may the Lord strengthen us to stand firm in the face of any ...

Every one of us have seen or worn those famous bracelets … What Would Jesus Do? How many of us, though, ask ourselves … What ...

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Confusion permeated the room. The air was heavy with a sense of mystery. This particular evening just felt different. Jesus ...

The apostle Paul, who willingly endured adversity in more ways than most of us could imagine, referred to this when he wrote to the church in Corinth, “I die every day – I mean that, brothers and ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

Today's feast marks the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple, 40 days after he was born. As the firstborn, he ...

Reid, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who on Monday during Super Bowl Opening Night quipped that ...