An Advent reading for December 21. As we journey through the events surrounding the Nativity, we contemplate the Incarnation. Jesus—the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace, the Light of the World—became ...

The Year of Mercy comes to an end just as Americans are setting our tables for our traditional harvest feast. Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, but the coincidence is pleasant. It sets a nice bookend ...

Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face ...

God, have mercy on me! God of Love, God of Grace, God of Mercy, have mercy on me for the things I have done and for what I have left undone. Have mercy on me. I pray for God’s mercy in the morning, in ...

One of the most powerful Psalms to pray when we might be feeling abandoned by God is the “Great Hallel,” so called because it is an extraordinary hymn of praise for all God has done repeatedly to care ...

On Wednesday Pope Francis launched a new series of catechesis on mercy for his general audiences, telling pilgrims that the love and forgiveness of God can't be overcome by anything, including our sin ...

I remember as a child watching the Super Bowl on television with my grandfather. The camera panned the crowd, and we saw a man with a poster reading “John 3:16.” When we looked up the passage, we read ...