Find today’s readings here. “This I command you: Love one another.” What could be simpler? It can seem like “Love one another” should be something to which everyone can give agreement, a point of ...

One of my dearest friends, a retired teacher of German descent, tutors children at an urban school. Once, while working on reading with an 8-year-old African American child, they shared a book about ...

We can choose many different ways to begin to repair the frayed social fabric of American life. But regardless of which path to healing and unity is our favorite, it's beyond imperative that we work ...

The singer -- married to Hailey Bieber since 2018 -- got real on a recent Twitch livestream, quoting Jesus’ words, "If you even think of a woman with lust, it’s the same as actually doing it" ...

This week’s response to Psalm 103 calls attention to a familiar theme of the Bible, “love.” “Love one another as I have loved you.” Such a claim affords great comfort and consolation in these times.

Sunday, May 18, is the Fifth Sunday of Easter; Mass readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Revelation 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35. In today’s Gospel, Our Lord sets forth for us the ...

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