This article also appeared in print, under the headline “The Word of the Lord,” in the January 19, 2004, issue.

Welcome to “The Word,” a weekly newsletter featuring current scripture reflections and material from our archives. This weekly newsletter will focus on the upcoming Sunday readings as well as ...

The Word brings together America's cherished Scripture resources, now easily accessible from your mobile device. Here’s what you can look forward to: Daily Reflections: Start or end your day ...

The upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Word of God includes in its working document, the instrumentum laboris (IL), a phrase that will present a powerful challenge to the bishops and theologians ...

The formal topic of the meeting is "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church." In this issue, America has asked six well-known church leaders and scholars to write about aspects of ...

Two additions to our Web site this week may be of interest to readers of The Good Word. First, the editorial in our July 7-14 issue looks at the upcoming synod on the Bible and the working ...

Through the support of Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative, we are proud to be launching America’s app for The Word, which presents our Scripture content in one place for ...

For many years now, I’ve resolved to include in my Advent and Christmas reading Caryll Houselander’s The Reed of God, but the usual distractions have prevented me, until this year. It’s a ...

July 16, 2023, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: When the Bible evokes resilience, it is tied to the virtue of long-suffering and the ability to remain faithful to a covenant with God over a long ...

Every workday morning at 10 a.m., the whole staff of America Media comes together for a meeting called the “morning huddle” where a prayer, written by James Martin S.J., is read aloud.

America Magazine editors, circa 1950. (America archives) In the early morning of a late winter day in 1909, about a dozen people gathered at 32 Washington Square in New York City.