"For a religious person, to progress is to lower oneself in service. [. . .] to lower oneself, making oneself a servant, in order to serve. This path, then, takes the form of the rule, marked by the ...

Many view obedience as a rigid and oppressive force that tells us what to do that suffocates our sense of freedom. However, looking at it from a Christian perspective, we see it can be a pathway to ...

Why did Jesus submit Himself to be baptized by John? He clearly didn't need to have original sin taken away, like the rest of us; so we often hear that His baptism was meant as an example for the rest ...

Calling obedience "that movement which the heart makes when it leaps in joy having once discovered the truth," Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa, Okla. in a homily this Saturday called on Catholics ...

and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. The first great theologian of the Christian church, in his effort to understand what had transpired in ...

For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page, which includes Canipe's current Living by the Word column as well as past magazine and blog content. For ...

Sunday, Feb. 14, is the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45. This Sunday coincides with Valentine’s Day, ...

Kanye West sounded a lot like a preacher testifying about Jesus during his most recent Sunday service held in an Atlanta, Ga., megachurch. Regular attendees at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Recent studies by Warren Carter and Boris Repschinski have argued that the notice in Matt 1:21 that Jesus "will save his people from their ...

At several points in the film, "The Passion of the Christ," the camera fills the screen with Jesus' face, his blood-soaked head twisted to the side, one eye swollen shut by the fierce blows. His back ...