The readings of the past two Sundays have highlighted vivid covenantal scenes that inspire reflection about ideas like renewal and commitment. In this Sunday’s readings, several shifts occur. The ...

1 John 5:14 says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." Even David, a man after God's own heart, faced the same fears. This ...

A Calvinist friend of mine, with whom I am engaged in ongoing cordial dialogues, raised this issue, and stated that this is what Catholics teach when we assert that God gives power to Mary so that she ...