At Jesus’ Ascension, as He was preparing His disciples and eleven remaining Apostles for His departure, He instructed them to "Go into...

It was winter, 1917, just outside Cairo, Egypt. A young Bible School teacher who was serving as a chaplain to the British troops in North...

The wrapping paper has all been bundled up; friends and family have headed home; the kitchen has been rescued and restored; our sense of...

The tradition in America of reserving the fourth Thursday in November for giving thanks to God for our blessings dates back to the days...

Today is All Souls Day, the day on which we remember our loved ones who have gone before us. Our ability to remember is one of God’s...

You are so special to God that, at the moment of His choosing, He breathed life into you, and you became a human being. It was then that...

Shortly after the first Christian missionaries came, in 1834, to the region in northern India known as the Punjab, two monks were...

Exhausted, they hurried away from the city and into the morning sunrise. They needed a place to hide; they could just see their village...

Remember, O most compassionate Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or...

It had snowed during the night and Ben sensed a sacred silence in the air as he looked out the window. He’s served as the only teacher in...

There’s an old Hebrew saying that goes: “The stranger at your door is a guest sent by God.” That saying has its roots in the passage from...

For many of us, life seems a lot more difficult these days. Some of it, of course, is because we’ve aged. But, life itself seems much...

There's an inspiring connection between the Parable of the Mustard Seed and the origins of Father's Day. Let me explain.

As I pointed out in my previous post, both Matthew and Mark tell us that, following their celebrating Passover in Jerusalem, Jesus had...

In my first post, I said that I like to bring Scripture passages alive by placing them in the social and cultural contexts in which they...

The tragic fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on April 15, 2019, has had a more visceral effect on many people than we might have...

If only we better understood mercy, I think more people would readily embrace God’s Divine Mercy. Sadly, in recent times, the English...

As we approach Holy Week, my thoughts go to a passage in Luke’s Gospel which is one of the alternate readings for Easter Sunday [Luke...

People have always been aware of their differences with others, whether it’s ethnicity, or social status, or education, or religious...

Hi, I’m Dcn. Bob Evans and I’ve been a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 years. I’m accustomed to speaking to people...