Sunday, May 15, 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 a new ...

Thursday night saw the lighting of the national Christmas tree from the White House by President Donald Trump along with ...

This has been a hot, searing summer, hasn’t it? And I am not just referring to the heat index (although July has been the hottest month on record). Temperaments as well as temperatures have been ...

Donald Trump shifted to a personal tone at the tree lighting, wishing Americans a Merry Christmas and joking with Melania ...

Love is the central action in Jesus’ ministry, and it is the focus of today’s Gospel. Jesus gives a commandment that is not completely new, although he makes a notable addition that should inform how ...

"But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you" (Luke 6:27). Also known as Luke the Evangelist, Luke is widely regarded as the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the ...

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 ...

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As noted last week, the focus of the Gospels of the latter Sundays of Easter switches from accounts of Jesus’ appearances to his Apostles after Easter to elements of his teaching, in preparation for ...

Mr. Wehner is a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum. The enduring significance of Christmas is that it represents perhaps the most distinctive feature of the Christian faith — the concept of the ...

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 ...

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 ...