On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

Many wives say their husbands are their best friends, and many husbands say their wife is their best friend. Children ...

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At a teaching moment outside a pagan temple, Jesus asks His followers point-blank, “Who do you say that I am?” And Simon, without blinking, replies, “ You are the Christ. The Son of the ...

Unlike Peter and his proposed show of force, Jesus overcame the place of panic with his voice. He spoke, and he was heard. The question “Who do you say that I am?” could not be answered by ...

READ MORE: Daily Gospel, February 19 Daily Gospel, February 18 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Mark 8, 27-33. ... “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, ...

“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, in effect. “If you cling to me as a human friend, a warm presence, that’s ...