John the Baptist affirmed that God was at work, preparing a savior who would clean out Israel’s spiritual and moral corruption.
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Of all God’s creatures, why do only humans worry about the future?
In the life of every long-lived man and woman, the future flows into promise, then fades into peril and panic.
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Women have been leading since Biblical times—they can lead again today.
The record number of women who will be serving in Congress following the momentous 2018 midterm elections may not be aware that the Bible supports their initiative to serve in this moment of political crisis.
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100 years after the Great War, what can we say to an exhausted world?
The whole world may not be at war, but sometimes our personal worlds do collapse.
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How to experience the Bible in a digital world
A 21st-century arts collective revives illustrating the Bible for the digital age.
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How can we know that Christ is near?
A disciple who seeks these signs can help the risen Christ restore some fallen corner of creation.
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How can we speak the truth in love?
Building our lives around divine love will give our words the power to heal, to deliver and to save.
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Catholics have a purgatory (and imagination) problem
On the Feast of All Souls, we recall how different God is from us, how wonderfully alien the halls of heaven are.
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What kind of God do martyrs die for?
No one dies for God as an unspeakable mystery, as simply the word we use for the openness of the human spirit.
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How can we reflect the image of God?
Many of the great saints typify one or more of the beatitudes.