Lee Edwards is the distinguished fellow in conservative thought at The Heritage Foundation's B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards ...
Sunday, Oct. 9, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19. The question at the heart of today’s Gospel is best ...
Like most Americans, I was taught in grade school that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 to commemorate the pilgrims' abundant first harvest. Later I would learn that the pilgrims never ...
Gratitude, in the context of grief, can be a step toward healing, writes a rabbi and author. This story was originally published on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — It’s a nice coincidence that one of ...
The eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see it as the priest's prayer that is centered on the consecration of the bread and wine ...
(RNS) — On Passover, the youngest Jewish person at the Seder table traditionally asks, “Why is this night different from any other night?” It’s a question that every Christian child should ask on Holy ...
I remember the first time one of my rabbinic school teachers, Rabbi Ben Hollander (z”l), invited me to his home for Shabbat lunch. He opened a bottle of Manischewitz and proceeded to pour wine into ...
The six nuns kidnapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19 have been freed, and the archbishop of the capital was overjoyed and thankful at the news. "We give thanks to God! Thank you for your support," ...
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Over the years, I’ve joined other families' tables on Thanksgiving and come to find beauty in the idea that the meal and the spirit of giving thanks has been adopted by and adapted by people of many ...
After a school shooting, Rep. Justin Jones said "thoughts and prayers" were "malpractice," despite biblical instruction to ...
Prayers were mixed with calls to action Wednesday night during an Elgin interfaith candlelight vigil held in response to what ...