The parable of the Good Samaritan is not primarily about social concern and compassion, but about the barriers and boundaries ...

The chances are quite slim that any of you reading these words has never heard of the prodigal son. Some of you could locate ...

Msgr. Joseph Prior unpacks the classic story of the Good Samaritan that Jesus tells in this Sunday’s Gospel. We hear the Lord speaking to our hearts and inviting us to open our minds to our neighbors, ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Sunday Mass at the Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo, and recalls that we are to ...

Long taught that parables could be sly, explosive, disruptive, and mind-grabbing. But he had to admit that most of his students’ sermons on the parables were just . . . well, sermons. Then he received ...

I believe I have written about this topic in previous years. But, sometimes the on-going frustration from one of life’s ...

A 200-year-old Swedish runic carving found in Canada turns out to be the Lord’s Prayer — and may be linked to eerie celestial signs at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion.

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Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

The sower originally was Jesus, who came teaching the word of God (the seed) and seeking a harvest. Today, anyone who shares ...

When I was in college, I led a Bible study for friends in my dorm room. Six or seven of us sat on the floor in a circle, Bibles in ...