Sunday, Sept. 4, is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33. In today’s Gospel, Jesus defines four ...

In the gospel of Mark there is a profound scene where Jesus calls four of his apostles. This scene is the essence of what Christians call discipleship. The text reads, “As Jesus walked beside the Sea ...

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? In honor of World Marriage Day on Sunday, Feb. 9, our pastor read an excerpt from the “Exhortation Before Marriage” from the ...

The liturgical color of Ordinary Time is green, which symbolizes hope, life and growth, according to St. John’s Seminary professor Father James Briody. (Credit: Pilot photo/ Gregory L. Tracy.) Listen ...

On the sidelines of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM), Dr. P.C. Mathew, founder of Urban India Ministries and global family challenge director for the World Evangelical Alliance, ...

(RNS) — My phone started lighting up with notifications. By now, when this happens, it’s usually because an incident involving race has occurred. As I picked up my phone, I saw the words, “8 shot dead ...

Elder Scott D. Whiting, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke about the eternal significance of deepening our ...

There’s piety, and there’s discipleship. I wouldn’t want to say they can’t and don’t overlap. They often do. My personal piety runs to practices that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to any person ...

It’s a new golden age of children’s books filled to the brim with theology—and imagination. New offerings from IVP Kids and Good & True Media in 2021, and Lexham Press in 2022, join the movement to ...