"John the Baptist appeared in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mark 1:4). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The ...

How we can change the angry cultural debates online and in church. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther is said to have posted 95 theses, or “Disputation on the Power of Indulgences,” on the door of All ...

Luke’s account of Jesus’ Passion offers a distinctive perspective: “The ordinary people are not only not complicit in the death of Jesus, but they repent of what has been done to him,” says Luke ...

The date of Joel’s composition is difficult to determine due to the lack of contextual details. Yet the ambuiguity of the historical situation does not make the Book of Joel any less weighty, or its ...

During times of turbulence in politics, culture, and religious life, it’s tempting to hold tightly to current convictions. Allowing a change of one’s mind or heart can be difficult work. With this in ...

This Sunday’s Gospel reading offers us the perfect lesson for this second week of Advent. John the Baptist is preaching along the Jordan River, and people from all over Judea are coming to hear him.

Last week and this week, the Gospel has us make the acquaintance of John the Baptist. Last week, we were introduced to his mission in the Jordan Valley at a particular given moment to baptize as a ...

(See Mark 3:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17 and 13:1-52, Luke 4:14-29 and John 1:35-51.) The Third Luminous Mystery is quite expansive: “the call to conversion and the proclamation of the Kingdom.” All of ...

IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. The Qur’an says, “Rally to Allah in repentance, O faithful, so that you may be felicitous.” (Qur’an – 24:31) Islam stresses that in order to gain ...