Good gospel-focused translation should bring us closer to each other and closer to Jesus. When done well, it transforms lives ...

Patty Locklear of Newport News remembers two moments in her life when she truly felt the undeniable, immediately palpable presence of God. The first was when she was about 5 years old, and saw a ...

Pope Francis has called Catholics to spend more time with the saving power of God’s word as society and social media amplify “the violence of words.” Speaking of the “immense power” that the word of ...

Last Sunday we reflected on Jesus in a role that we don’t often give to Jesus in our reverence and worship of him -- Jesus as a prophet; Jesus as one who speaks on behalf of God and proclaims God’s ...

I do not think I can properly thank Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., for all he has done for me, for my brother Jesuits, for all of his students, for Catholic scholars and for Christians around the ...

Surveys show Gen Z is the least traditionally “religious” generation in American history. But Bible sales have surged more ...

Would you rather hear someone give a speech or read a transcript of it? I think most of us would rather hear a speech, and here’s why. Oral communication tends to be more effective than written ...

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Sunday, March 2, is the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Sirach 27:4-7; Psalm 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45. The first reading today says: “When a sieve is ...