The rich young man who approaches Jesus in Matthew’s gospel already keeps the commandments. He wants to know if he should do more to have eternal life. “If you...
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A Vatican commission has again said “no” to women deacons, while leaving the door cracked. Opening it wider can’t be a task for women alone. Following the...
Catherine Conybeare is Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities and professor of Greek, Latin, and classical studies at Bryn Mawr College. “I never intended to...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 8:23—9:3Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-141 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 Reflection: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at...
On January 7, 2026 an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer murdered Renee Good, a mother of young children and an award-winning poet. Also in...
How could God have designed the creation of human life? Any way he wanted, yet he chose pregnancy. And through that design, God has made it impossible for us...
Returning to Myself By Brandi Carlile (Interscope Records, 2025) Brandi Carlile can’t seem to make a bad record. Since her self-titled debut in 2005, the folk...
In many parishes across the United States, foreign aid remains an abstract concept—a line item in the budget, a title in the news tickers, a political debate...
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you . . . plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.”(Jeremiah 29:11)...
“Now I appeal to you, brothers and sister, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among...
