In one sense, it was a routine duty: Forty days after giving birth to a son, every Jewish woman was required to bring an offering before the priest—a lamb and a pigeon or turtledove if she could afford it—or two turtledoves or pigeons if she was poor. More »

At Jesus’ initiative the apostles set out across the Sea of Galilee to the eastern shore, six or seven miles distant, as the sun was setting behind the Galilean hills (Mark 4:35). More »

What does it mean for separated Christians to be one? What does it really mean for Christians to faithfully respond to Christ’s call to be one family, as God, the Trinity, is a family sharing one life? More »

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:16, NIV) More »

The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. (Luke 1:35) The first gift the Holy Spirit gives for the new order established by Christ is Christ himself. More »

Search me through and through, O Lord. Explore my sin-bruised being and bind up my injuries (whether gained through fault or folly). More »

St. Gregory Nazianzen, a fourth-century theologian and Father of the Church, urges us to empty ourselves, as Jesus did. How else will we have room for the “wealth of goodness” God offers us? More »

"Only one person has ever been able to choose where and how to be born—Jesus, the Son of God, who existed before coming into this world." More »