The discovery by two disciples of the empty tomb, and Mary Magdelene's encounter with Jesus, in John 20.1–18, is one of the ...

Now, let’s be honest — calling the day of Jesus’ crucifixion and death “Good” can sound strange, even contradictory. What’s good about an innocent man dying a brutal death on a cross? The answer lies ...

Look how the whole world has gone after him!’” (John 12:17-19). The Gospel of Matthew records: "The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, 'Hosanna to the Son of David!’ ...

Another significant rock-related passage is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. Immediately after Christ died on the cross, the temple curtain was torn in two. The tearing is recorded in both Mark ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Area clergy will deliver messages of the power of the Resurrection, hope, love, truth and investing in one another in their Easter Sunday sermons. For Christians, Easter is the most ...

Year C in the lectionary, Palm Sunday is cancelled, so you need to do away with your palm crosses, and change the choice of ...

Dismas’ endurance beyond Jesus’ death is what makes him a companion to the long-suffering. He has gone before those for whom, ...

In a recent conversation with Scripture scholar Luke Timothy Johnson on “Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast,” I invited him to reflect on the accounts of Jesus’ Passion in the Gospels of Luke and ...

Sermon: “The Gospel Changes How We Work Together” in the series “With Him.” Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16. Information: parkchapel.org. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Sermons are also ...

They deserve an explanation of how the persistence of Christianity is connected not just to the Gospel story’s moral or mythopoetic power, but to the enduring plausibility of its historical ...