As the theologian Gerhard Lohfink puts it in Jesus of Nazareth, “In the East one praises someone by praising his or her mother and abuses someone by slandering her or his mother.” (The same is true ...

Collectively, the ten lepers raised their voice at the sight of Jesus coming near them, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” (Lk ...

On this Feast of All Souls, let us remember “our people,” living for God and for each other. We can live for both, and die for both. The Solemnity of All the Saints reveals the relationship between ...

It is hard to say which dawns first: the awareness of our brokenness or the acknowledgment that God is our savior, the one ...

What kind of preaching do we need to mark the milestones of our faith—Baptism, Confirmation, marriage and funerals? In its third season, “Preach” steps beyond its usual Sunday lectionary focus to ...

This Sunday’s readings offer three different lenses to examine what is perhaps best left mysterious: how faith works within one’s tradition. “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, ...

The fate of Jeremiah paralleled the fall and rise of the city in which the prophet resided. In fact, this Sunday’s readings present a theme that considers the fate of a person, place or household that ...

If we understand that self-centeredness, occupying the position where God should properly stand, blinds us to the real, then we can begin to appreciate the Beatitudes as avenues of access to God.

Living under the reign of sin, they are still a necessary bulwark, nation-states to see them as God’s will for humanity is to blaspheme the one who knows no bounds.

Christ calls us to join him in offering sacrifice to the Father. And this is not vain imitation. It is joyful participation.