In our Gospel today (Luke 24:13-35), two of Jesus’ disciples are talking about the crucifixion of the Lord in Jerusalem when ...

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Solemnities: Celebrating a Tapestry of Divine Beauty. Catholics see the world as a marriage of the spiritual and material, not a divorce of these two ...

Whatever the historical reasons for the crucifixion, the Christian tradition has always insisted that one of the reasons Jesus ...

If any part of 2020 could be considered short, it was the Christmas season. I hope you were able to bask in the enjoyment of the Christmas lights, music, movies and gifts. All are a fun part of the ...

According to an article by Patrick West in The Spectator, many young people find Jesus annoying. West pointed to a survey of UK teens, ages 14 to 17, entitled “Troubling Jesus.” This joint project of ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

His moments of doubt and temptation attest that we can follow him through our own. In many children’s Bibles, the Son of God swoops in like Superman to save the day. In these clearly mythological ...

Those who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus ...

Calling on the God of peace and love to exercise such wrath would be disorienting any time. But in this holiest of holy times, as we suffer alongside the antithesis of a warrior God, it was startling.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Because I was raised in a conservative evangelical church and now work alongside women in pastoral roles at an ecumenical nonprofit, I have consumed a plethora of books about the role of women in ...