The Good Word

It rsquo s said to be Pope Francis rsquo favorite Church document nbsp In his lifetime of ministry his most cited Back in 1975 in Evangelii Nuntiandi Proclaiming the Gospel Pope Paul VI insisted thatthe presentation of the Gospel message is not an optional contribution for the Church It is

This is the twentieth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This entry continues Stephen rsquo s speech before the council For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can find links to each of the entries updated a

We called them ldquo Lightning Bugs rdquo though I think we might also have said ldquo Fireflies rdquo Hard to remember It rsquo s been half a century since I went hunting for them They rsquo d appear this time of the year flickering above the grass of the lawn as the last light of a long

This is the nineteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This entry begins Stephen rsquo s speech before the council For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can find links to each of the entries updated aft

Ireland in the 1980s a young Father Odran Yates can rsquo t contain the respect which his clerical collar garners Boarding a train walking through all of its cars he resigns himself to standing near the door ldquo Anthony rdquo said a middle-age woman with an old-fashioned beehive hairdo who

Two hundred years ago this week the Duke of Wellington rsquo s dispatch was terse not triumphal T he enemy made a desperate effort with cavalry and infantry supported by the fire of artillery to force our left centre near the farm of La Haye Sainte which after a severe contest was defeated

At the order ldquo Let the execution begin rdquo a syringe full of midazolam was injected into Clayton Lockett rsquo s groin but the IV dislodged and the sedative was pumped into the prisoner rsquo s tissue instead of his vein Lockett remained alert He licked his lips and blinked The execut

My nephew has a tattoo Perhaps more than one but as I pause to picture I can clearly remember only the one It rsquo s a simple gothic cross running the length of his right bicep Although we live a little less distant than a two-hour car drive we dwell in different worlds He rsquo s just un

This is the eighteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This post examines Stephen rsquo s preaching and the plot to arrest him and bring him before the council Stephen is one of the seven who has just been appointed to serve the practical needs of the Helle

We are what we remember granted that memory is deep and wide and that sometimes who we are even who we rsquo ve been may yet surprise us Yet that which is completely forgotten if such be possible would be as though it had never occurred To be human is ever to reclaim one rsquo s past To live