Now my son is almost two, and according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, he can watch television. (My own mother ...

Jesus calls us to rhyme our lives with his, just as the New Covenant rhymes with the Old. In past years, the WWJD (“What Would Jesus Do?”) phrase has become popular in some circles. It’s well intended ...

Jesus’ Great Commission in Matthew 28:16-20 and Mark 16:15-18 was not addressed only to his disciples but to all Christians for all time. That’s according to the Revs. Bill Hutto and Tim King, who say ...

Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book  "Bible Study ...

Jesus tells his disciples in John 14:23-29 that he'll be leaving them soon, but he will not leave them alone, not leave them to their own devices. Jesus promises to send them an advocate, the Holy ...

Luke 14:26 (RSV) If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. The same ...

It always amazes me how the Gospel lessons that are assigned as they are for this particular Sunday every year, even though they are there the Sunday after Easter every year, they fit in so well with ...

We’ve heard the Great Commission many times. We may even be able to recite these words of Jesus. But do we believe them? By that, I mean, “Do we seek to obey Christ’s command in the Great Commission?

World Mission Sunday — celebrated this year on Oct. 19, during both the Jubilee Year of Hope and our archdiocesan 175th anniversary year — invites us to rediscover our ecclesial identity as a ...

For 1,500 years pilgrims have been visiting Rome’s Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli to venerate the remains of two of Christianity’s most important saints: the Apostles Philip and James the Younger. In ...