I suspect that most of us stumble in one way or another over the “scandal” of the Incarnation. In the “Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation,” one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican ...

“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” as St. Jerome said, and the hope for any Eucharistic renewal among Catholics in the U.S. depends squarely on them knowing Jesus Christ in the word so ...

Reading the Gospel accounts of Good Friday, the first thing that strikes one is the degree to which the Hebrew Scriptures are present in the text. The early Christians were trying to make sense of ...

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be ...

Image created by the author. Most Christians would agree that reading the Bible is essential. After all, it provides the foundation of what we believe. Consequently, each week we attend Bible studies, ...

In the Word column for Easter Sunday, I posed the question, “What if you believe in the resurrection but don’t understand it?” In today’s Gospel, Luke offers answers: be patient, pay attention to how ...

For this year’s World Mission Sunday, I have chosen a theme inspired by the story of the disciples on the way to Emmaus, in the Gospel of Luke (cf. 24:13-35): “Hearts on fire, feet on the move”. Those ...

Many times, when Jesus spoke, his disciples did not understand what he meant. He often spoke in parables or with symbols, using ordinary things to represent spiritual truths. But they were not used to ...