Columnist Catherine Cavadini reflects on Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac and the dazzling image of Christ in the Transfiguration. If Abraham is “wholehearted” toward God, Abraham must offer everything to God, which includes offering Isaac. In the Gospel reading for
Preparing us for Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Catherine Cavadini reflects upon Job. The God who is the creator of the universe has attended to Job, who says to God, “Now my eye has seen you.” Job now understands
Writer David Mills explores the story of the prophet Nathan confronting King David with his sins and draws valuable lessons for effective communication when delivering difficult messages. Careful application of such prophetic communication is needed, as the priest and writer Ronald Knox
John the Baptist stands apart in a number of ways: he is the forerunner of Christ, regarded by Jesus as “greatest among the prophets,” and even has two feast days in the Church calendar. One of these feast days is “The Passion
Be ready for Mass for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, columnist Catherine Cavadini reflects upon the Canaanite woman who asks Jesus to heal her daughter. The woman identifies herself as a “dog” seeking
A reader asks: “The Gospels frequently speak critically of the scribes and the Pharisees. I have an understanding of who the Pharisees were, but who were the scribes?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that the Scribes in Jesus’s time
A reader writes: “Regarding the woman that washed Jesus’ feet with her tears, John 11 tells us it was Mary who was Lazarus’ sister. Other times I hear the woman that did the washing was Mary Magdalene. Is Mary Magdalene Lazarus’ sister?
Be ready for Mass on the Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time. Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini reflects upon the story of Zaccheus, who climbs a sycamore tree to get a view of Jesus. Zaccheus sees God’s littleness. Catherine writes, “Because of God’s ‘littleness’
In this week’s Opening the Word, Father Joshua Whitfield looks at Gospel for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. Father Whitfield says that it is our moral call to see Lazarus today, to make
A reader asks: “On the feast day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Gospel is the genealogy of Jesus on Joseph’s side. It says Jesse was an ancestor of ‘Joseph, the husband of Mary.’ But, in the Liturgy of