When the Lord Jesus Christ walked on this earth demonstrating his messiahship by his preaching, teaching and many miracles, not everyone was excited about it. While he sojourned among men, he made ...

Illustration of Jesus Christ telling a group of Pharisees that they should follow the spirit, not the letter of the law, according to the Gospel of Luke. Dorling Kindersley Getty Images Those of us ...

All those basking in the glory of their power deceive themselves, thinking the power will last forever. Sovereignty, authority, influence, the imagined greatness — when people have this, one would ...

Husbands and wives must love one another as Christ loved the church. They must be joined and glued together, there is no ...

In his daily homily Pope Francis examined Christ's interaction with the pharisees in the day's Gospel reading, stressing that pious works without love are empty. During the Oct. 10 liturgy at St.

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In a number of instances, Christ lamented over the hypocrisy of some of the leading Jews of his time. At one point, he said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of ...

Most people understand what adultery is, even if we masquerade behind false pretenses. We all understand how marriages can be affected by the sin of adultery, or worse, even destroyed. Often, we ...