Why do so many people speak of “Christ” as though it were a family name? The habit is understandable. In modern English, ...

“In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.” The word translated as create is a Hebrew word that only appears five times in the Scriptures, all five times in relation to God’s initial ...

With thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI focused his address on Sunday’s Mass reading from the Gospel of St. Mark. While creation is ...

“Christ” is not a last name. That small correction changes the whole phrase. In ordinary speech, “Jesus Christ” often sounds ...

“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 ...

Life is a lot like the game of baseball. When it’s your turn to face the pitcher, you walk out to the plate … bat in hand … ready to hit a home run … listening to the roar of approval of those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! These are the words of great news for today. Out of the sacred word in scripture, today ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Lent, as in years past, the longtime music director at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Mary Jones Rhodes, has ...

One of my biggest grievances is when someone uses the name of Jesus to swear. This can happen when someone says, or even yells, the name in a fit of anger. Some expand the swear to the full “Jesus ...

I'm sure all of us, from our earliest understanding of The Feast of Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ, have a strong recollection of being impressed with the truth that is proclaimed so strongly in ...