Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick tells of a time when he showed up unprepared and what it taught him about the power of faith.

The Peace Of God. As a result of being reconciled to God, man begins to experience in his own heart the peace of God (cf. 2 Cor. 13:11; Rom. 12:18). This peace grows within us as one of the fruits ...

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all ...

So, the seventy are given their instruction, their mission – to go ahead in pairs gathering people from every town and place… from every nation under heaven… that all the world would come to know the ...

This is the peace of the risen Christ, a disarming and humble and preserving peace. It comes from God. God, who loves all of us, without any limits or conditions.

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you,” and emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and missionary ...