The Holy Thursday Mass celebrates three gifts Jesus gave to his church, Bishop Burbidge said in his homily: “the holy ...

A small act of compassion and kindness can go a long way. I know I have often found myself tired, worn out and discouraged. I remember a time a few years back that I was diagnosed with a serious ...

Jesus Christ was the perfect example of speaking and acting in ways that built up those around him. His final hours on the cross exemplified how he lived his life. To the soldiers he said, “Father, ...

Instead of talking the talk, worshippers at Living Waters Church plan to walk the walk on March 21. Some of them will even be on their knees, not praying, but washing floors and spreading mulch. The ...

A matter that perplexed ancient thinkers was the question of divine transcendence. How could a deity who had existence in a supernatural realm be available to believers in the human realm? Israelite ...

“As he (Jesus) went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said ...

Robert Greenleaf coined the phrase “servant leader” in 1970. For many, this sentiment seemed like an oxymoron. It sounded like “jumbo shrimp,” an attempt to tie two ends of a spectrum together.

A few weeks ago, as my daughter drove home from her job in St. Paul, I heard real fear in her voice — the violence from the protesting had made it within a block of her employment. The injustice and ...

In this week’s Gospel reading, Luke struggles with a problem that vexed a number of New Testament authors: Why do only some people accept Jesus’ message, while others treat it with indifference or ...