This month is the Feast of Epiphany, when we celebrate the coming of the magi to the Christ child and recognize that Jesus came for all—Gentiles and Jews, even...
Scripture
The better question is: Who were the Herods? Five or six Herods governed around Palestine. Only two are of interest in the gospels. The name appears more than...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Often, Catholics refer to Mary with the various honorifics we have attached to her over the centuries:...
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among...
In Liturgical Hermeneutics of Sacred Scripture (Catholic University of America Press, 2023), Marco Benini discusses how liturgy allows the community to...
I sit in my sunroom, sipping coffee and watching the neighborhood children board the school bus that stops at the corner. I pray for them, and I worry. The...
Sometimes I just have to complete a jigsaw puzzle. It’s not a game; more a survival tactic. Puzzles provide retreat from the tumultuous ocean of words we swim...
It’s jarring to read lines in the gospel where Jesus tells his disciples they might have to hate their families to follow him (Luke 14:26). This is one of...
Virtually every time LGBTQ+ people get mentioned by church leaders or in church documents, there’s some kind of scriptural reference used to justify a position...
One quality that I like about myself is my comfort with a high level of mystery in the universe. When my kids ask questions such as, “What happens to people...
