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Back to SearchThe Vine and the Branches
'I am the Vine, and you are the branches.' Jesus is not simply an inspiring teacher to whom we listen. He is a force in which we participate, a body …
11 years, 2 months ago
The Good Shepherd
Jesus sums up a long Biblical tradition when he says 'I am the good shepherd.' The prophets and the psalmist had yearned for a time when God himself …
11 years, 2 months ago
The Strangeness of the Resurrection
Authentic Christianity does not present Jesus as a ghost, an abstraction, or a disembodied soul. It presents him as risen from the dead, glorified an…
11 years, 2 months ago
Divine Mercy
Episode 1
On this Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, we remember the dedication of this day by Saint John Paul II in honor of St. Faustina’s vision …
11 years, 2 months ago
The Empty Grave
Many people enjoy visiting the graves of famous people, from Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, IL to St. Peter in the Vatican. We feel a sense of peace…
11 years, 3 months ago
The Passion Narrative of Mark's Gospel
The Gospels are passion narratives with long introductions, dominated by Jesus' death and resurrection. On this Palm Sunday, as we near the climax of…
11 years, 3 months ago
United in the Blood of Jesus
The best way to understand the history of salvation is to understand it as the story of covenants between God and his people. In the Old Testament, c…
11 years, 3 months ago
Hesed All the Way Through
The Divine Love is the great theme of the Bible. One of the great mistakes we can make is to project onto God our way of being and our subjectivity. …
11 years, 3 months ago
The Ten Commandments
Although most of our parents's generation knew the Ten Commandments by heart, few Christians today can recite them. The liturgy today invites us to r…
11 years, 4 months ago
The Mystical Transfiguration of Christ
The story of the Transfiguration of Christ has beguiled the Christian mind for centuries. It is the clearest New Testament evocation of mystical expe…
11 years, 4 months ago