It is fascinating to see the way that careless readings of well-known texts keep resurfacing in different contexts. One of ...

The more you mature in your relationship with the Lord, the more you will repent and change. I just got out of a pastor’s ...

Sunday, Feb. 18, is the First Sunday of Lent (Year B). Mass Readings: Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained ...

Today’s psalm proclaims with confidence: “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” These words express a deep faith. When God ...

Last Friday we started looking into the biblical way to respond to the truth that Jesus is God’s Son. Paul clarified that in Acts 20:20-21: “I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was ...

The word ‘‘repent’’ has the puritanical flavor of guilt and punishment. It’s a pill of a word with a bad aftertaste, a turnoff to Christianity. Recently, I discovered that the original Greek word in ...

Some of the last words in the Bible are “Come, Lord Jesus!” When Jesus Christ comes again he will destroy this sin-broken world. If that is what Jesus and his angels are coming to do — destroy the ...

“You can be certain that at the forefront of every significant recovery from backsliding…the doctrine of repentance has been among the precious truths that God has quickened and used.” – Richard Owen ...

Entering into the Catholic Church as an adult, as many are preparing to do during this Lenten season, is a movement of faith that takes time. Candidates often wonder if this is the “right” time or the ...

The Gospel today, the second Sunday of Advent, is taken from Matthew, 3:1 to 12 and Mark, 1:1 to 8 as well as from Luke, 3:1 to 6, and tells of John, the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, who was a voice ...