The rich man is damned not for what he did, but for what he didn't do. He continually saw Lazarus suffering and did nothing.

Riding into church with our grandchildren, we play a game we’ve dubbed “Green Go, Red Stop.” As you might guess, it is a game ...

Father Joshua Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 21, 2025 ...

In other words, people can form communities and adopt rituals without religion, and “nonreligious people have worldviews,” ...

He sits with tax collectors and sinners." This is a common attack Jesus receives in the New Testament. For instance, in Luke 15, a crowd gathers to hear Jesus teach. The crowd is divided. On one side, ...

Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go ...

If we think “Well, no, not really,” maybe we need to think again. The profoundly important message of this Sunday’s readings is that Lazarus may be closer than we realize – and we need to look for him ...

This is the Gospel for today, September 19, which is the Saturday of the Twenty-fourth week in ordinary time. READ MORE: ...

Obedience to God’s Word is the channel of fruitful­ness. Our Lord Jesus Christ once told His disciples, “If you love Me keep My Com­mandment.” Keeping God’s commandment is for our own good. As you ...

When a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, Jesus said in a parable, 'A sower went out to ...

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and merciful ...

From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:54-55: When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said, ...