As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into ...

The Lord asked Solomon what he desired ... She was there and also recognized baby Jesus as the Son of God. Anna, who some ...

The only person who dares to wake up a king at 3 a.m. for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.” This was ...

In it we read about how Satan aggressively but unsuccessfully tempted Jesus in the desert. The first temptation took ...

The devil encourages Jesus to turn stones into bread. After such a long fast, the thought of bread is surely a strong ...

Lent calls Christians to employ “weapons of self-restraint:” prayer, fasting and good works. The greatest of these, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains, is the ever-growing awareness of God’s love.