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Modeling the Easter Jesus
Bishop David J. Bonnar Comments Off on Modeling the Easter Jesus
One of my favorite theological professors was the Australian Jesuit Father Gerald O’Collins. For many years Father O’Collins taught fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. As... Read More
The Questions of Jesus
Father Richard Gribble Comments Off on The Questions of Jesus
Questions can provide both challenges and important lessons in life. Typical questions that we receive almost daily can be answered without much thought or reflection. However, sometimes questions come... Read More
The Passion of Jesus and the Ministry of the Priest
Father Donald Senior Comments Off on The Passion of Jesus and the Ministry of the Priest
This coming Holy Week, Christians around the world will listen to two different Passion narratives — that of Mark’s Gospel on Palm Sunday and that of John’s Gospel on... Read More
Longing to Receive Jesus
Father David J. Bonnar Comments Off on Longing to Receive Jesus
Have you ever longed for something? Thirty-six years ago, I boarded a jumbo jet at New York’s JFK Airport on my way to Rome where I would spend the... Read More
Encountering Jesus Is for All
Father David J. Bonnar Comments Off on Encountering Jesus Is for All
In his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), Pope Francis extends an invitation. He writes, “I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a... Read More
‘Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus’
Father John G. McDonald Comments Off on ‘Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus’
My first parish assignment as a seminarian was in Anniston, Alabama, a small and sleepy Southern city between Birmingham and Atlanta. Anniston is home to an old and well-established... Read More
Conforming to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Robert Fastiggi Comments Off on Conforming to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The month of June is dedicated in a special way to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as the solemnity that honors the devotion — held 19 days after Pentecost... Read More
Church at a Crossroads
D.D. Emmons Comments Off on Church at a Crossroads
Seventeen hundred years ago, an event took place that saved Christianity. A council of some 220 bishops (the number is debated) affirmed that Jesus is divine in the way... Read More