As a priest, I have stood at many altars, but none felt as heavy as those where I celebrated the funeral Masses for my father ...

The Feast of the Holy Family offers us a unique opportunity to reflect on the meaning of family, love, and faith.

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, is the feast of the Holy Family. Mass reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Colossians ...

What is more fragile than family? Yet the church insists that Christ did not simply appear among us as a fully formed man. No ...

Our persistence … especially asking God to do certain things in our prayers … is an expression of our faith that God answers our prayers. Our faith should not die if the answers come slowly … for the ...

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...

“Whatever you say or do, do it in the name of the Lord Jesus. Give thanks to God the Father through the Lord Jesus.” Colossians 3:17 — Transformative Solutions Network Births IN PENN STATE HEALTH ST.

Rabbi Danny Schiff had a rule: no national letters. The community scholar of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh avoided open statements about far-off politics. But this month, he broke that ...

At least 300 students at Northwestern University were barred from registering for classes this month after refusing to watch a video about antisemitism that protesters say ignores Palestinian ...

The lectionary epistle for Trinity 6 is Colossians 2.6-15 (and the gospel is Luke 11.1–13, Jesus’ teaching on prayer). Paul continues to expand on the implications of who Jesus is for our discipleship ...

The Bible says we should rejoice in suffering. I have never been to a party to celebrate suffering. Yet, the Bible says many times we should do just that – be happy in times of struggle. St. Paul says ...