Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...
Lent, a solemn season in the Christian liturgical calendar, is often perceived as a time for individual repentance and prayer ...
1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all ...
Jesus warns us in Luke 12 that following him will divide “father against son and son against father, mother against daughter ...
In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus", are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew significantly ... By preaching and Baptism she brings forth sons, who are ...
(Matthew 28: 5b-6a). Reflection: On the first day of the week, at the dawning of the new creation, Jesus arose from the ... the ministries that flow from our Baptism and Confirmation.
We’ve looked at the teachings and miracles of Jesus the Messiah, and last week we mentioned that we’d examine more in depth ...
He was the one who had John the Baptist murdered (Matthew 14) and whom Jesus was sent to during His trials before ... lived in the desert resembling their lifestyle and practiced the baptism requiring ...
One key example: The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, which carry the story of Jesus’ followers forward after his ...
Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of life, no work upon earth, can attain.” All of God’s promises come together ...
Jesus enters Jerusalem in The Chosen Season 5 Episode 1, and by the end, he’s ready to teach the city a lesson.
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.” This Sunday ...