A few years ago my father-in-law passed away. He was 86 years old and he had lived a good life.…
In his first letter, Peter writes, “In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make…
The Beatitudes in Matthew 5 are some of Jesus’ most comforting words, but they’re also some of the most surprising.…
A land of radical disciples, families, and missionary monks One of the first group of people from other nations to…
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your…
In my earlier reflections on the Samaritans, I noted how remarkable it is that this small people still exist today. Empires…
Heroes are not born but are made What spurs men and women to risk their lives, as well as the…
from a homily by Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) Two kinds of martyrdom Today we are celebrating a martyr’s birth into…
A reflection on a prophetic word of the Lord to Kairos and the Sword of the Spirit For some years…
Christianity is, by an order of magnitude, the most persecuted religion in the world today. Between 360 million and 380…