A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein
Jesus Christ
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.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
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
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The lesson of August 6: The Transfiguration, Hiroshima and our human contradictions
On Aug. 6, we wrestle with the dramatic extremes of good and evil, as symbolized by the ancient glory of the Transfiguration and the utter destruction of that first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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The young nun and Jesuit priest who gave us the Feast of the Sacred Heart
If you are faithful but unsure of yourself; if your heart is broken by a shattered relationship or the loss of a loved one; if you are an energetic young person, looking to set your heart on fire—the Sacred Heart is for you.