The American evangelist D.L. Moody (1837-1899) said, "If we could only make people believe that God loves them, they would be crowding into the Kingdom of Heaven! The trouble is that men think God ...

No one likes suffering. No one likes to be afflicted and in pain. We all prefer to live a life of ease and comfort. That much ...

Sunday, Oct. 29, is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40. There was an expression common among the ...

One viewpoint: God needs us. God is vulnerable. God has a need for humans for his ongoing mission. God might feel lonely without humans. Who will sing his songs if we are not there? Another thought: ...

I, like many of us that live on islands, have done a lot of travelling. Over the years I have learnt to travel light, and these days it is small hand luggage only, however, back when I thought I ...

The Gospel parable of the "wasteful sower" who casts seeds on fertile soil as well as on a rocky path "is an image of the way God loves us," Pope Leo XIV told visitors and pilgrims at his first weekly ...

“For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay each according to his conduct.” Find today’s readings here. When I graduated from the Jesuit School of ...

Once, a snooty, high society lady looked down her nose at another lady and asked, “Where are your jewels?” The woman called ...

At its heart, Judaism is about love. If you find that claim surprising, you’re not alone. Many Christians and Jews—and, sadly, even some of my rabbinical students—view Christianity as a religion of ...

Pope Francis told a young transgender person that “God loves us just as we are” in a new podcast released Tuesday by the Vatican. Francis’ comments were featured in the second episode of Vatican Media ...