Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns by James Keenan, S.J., on contemporary issues in moral theology. From Palm Sunday to Pentecost, I keep my eyes on the Upper Room.

I like to imagine Mary, the Mother of Jesus,holding her own amongst them as a ‘mother’ soothing their fears. Mary's faith was strong enough to carry them into the events they were about to encounter ...

The disillusioned, weary world that waits in the upper room demands an authentic witness, a credibility that love alone provides. The world must see our salty tears, must sense our breathless hope.

Mack Williams: Disturbance from the ‘upper room ... Paul, and Mary!(“If I Had a Hammer”). Then, as coincidence would have it, our choir sang an anthem titled “The Work of Christmas.” ...

Timothy George is dean of Beeson Divinity School, an interdenominational, evangelical theological school within a Baptist university (Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama), and an executive ...

The room is briefly described in the Book of Luke 22:11-13, when Jesus Christ requested a large, furnished upper room where he and his disciples could eat their Passover meal.

Archaeologists are working to uncover whether the Upper Room in Jerusalem is the official site of Jesus's Last Supper. It is also believed to be where Jesus reappeared after he died.

The Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Mark is said to be built on the house of Mary, the mother of the evangelist Mark. According to Syriac tradition, this is the place where Jesus had the Last Supper.

More than 1.5 billion copies printed worldwide since 1935. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Upper Room, the longest-running daily devotional in the world, celebrates its 90th year of publishing stories of ...

Jerusalem, Mar 28, 2024 / 17:15 pm. On Holy Thursday, the doors of the Cenacle in Jerusalem were opened to welcome the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land.