Jesus' baptism reminds us that he was one of us. He revealed that we humans must allow ourselves to be fragile, seeking and ...

COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...

Looking at those first disciples challenges us. It's easy to go to Mass, to sing with a great choir and eat donuts with ...

In the last column, we investigated how the sacrament of reconciliation was prefigured in the Old Testament so as to prepare us for what takes place in the New Testament. God wants us to live in ...

We learn in Mark 1, as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send ...

Jesus called the disciples to follow him and to place everything, without reserve, in the service of the reign of God. But does that mean he wanted to call all Israel to discipleship? Was it his goal ...

Jesus calls us to rhyme our lives with his, just as the New Covenant rhymes with the Old. In past years, the WWJD (“What Would Jesus Do?”) phrase has become popular in some circles. It’s well intended ...

As a chronic overthinker, the last lines of the Gospel today were painfully relatable. As a child of God, they were beyond comforting. We are told that the apostles, whom the Gospel tells us were ...

As information has emerged that claims to show Jesus Christ had female disciples as well as male, we ask what the latest evidence is and who has uncovered it JESUS is conventionally thought to have ...