Every light in the stadium converged upon the monstrance, all while the congregation was led in praise and worship, singing: “I want more of you God…. No place I’d rather be than here in your love.”
Jesus Christ
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Bishop Flores: The Eucharist is the final word and action of Jesus
The Eucharist is the final word and action of Jesus before he enters into his Passion. This set of just a few words and visible actions frames the meaning and intent of the great sign that is his whole life, culminating in his dying and rising. It is more than this, though.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Do we believe Christ is big enough for all of us?
A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Gerhard Lohfink on Jesus, discipleship and the life of faith
Gerhard Lohfink, who died last week in his native Germany at the age of 89, leaves behind an impressive legacy of faith-informed scholarship on the New Testament and Christian discipleship.
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Remembering Gerhard Lohfink, who wrote the best book on Jesus I’ve ever read
Father Lohfink’s book, ‘Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was,’ is a model of clarity, scholarship, insight, belief and, best of all, surprises, Father James Martin writes.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Christianity is a religion of the body. The resurrection makes that clear.
A meditation for Easter
Posted inArts & Culture, Explainer
Controversial artistic depictions of Jesus are nothing new
A Holy Week poster depicting a young, fresh-faced Jesus in a loincloth, has sparked controversy in Seville, Spain, with many conservatives and Christians calling the work “homoerotic” and “inappropriate.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Julian of Norwich’s writings on suffering have helped me as a cancer patient
“If we come to understand that God suffers alongside us as one who truly knows what it means to suffer, our anger morphs into love and our suffering mysteriously becomes a means of transformation.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
The danger of ignoring Jesus’ Jewish identity
New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine joins the “Jesuitical” podcast to explain why Christians must understand Jesus within his Jewish context.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Christ is a king, not a customer service rep
A Homily for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, by Father Terrance Klein