Unlike catechisms, Scripture frequently offers us a choice. Counter to popular opinion, the same theology doesn't run from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. There are as many unique ways of looking at God ...

“For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15). When I was 6 years old, my brother Joe was already attending school, my dad was at work all day and my ...

Readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 Matthew 10:37-42 First, another reference to a cup of cold water and then a question. This drink is found in Helmut Walser Smith’s Germany: A Nation ...

Popular portrayals of the God-Man can draw admiring crowds, but they can’t create imitating disciples. As believers, it is satisfying to see Christ brought to the forefront of the public’s ...

Sometimes a message conveys the inverse of what was intended. A man with a skin disease begged Jesus for help. Had he already done his ritual shout? Had he torn his clothing? Was he following the ...

Father Roberto Pasolini calls on the faithful to imitate Christ. Papal preacher Father Roberto Pasolini on Dec. 20, 2024, called on the faithful to imitate Christ. (photo: Courtesy of Festival Bíblico ...

The gospel (John 1:29-34) presents St. John the Baptist calling for repentance, pointing to Jesus, the Lamb of God, who takes ...

Mel Gibson is drawing on a long tradition of Cross-centered devotion. Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, acted on the repeated urgings of his Augustinian confessor, Staupitz, to “Look to the ...