A word describing our culture today could be “casual.” We’ve traded our three-piece suits for skinny jeans (often with pre-made holes) and untucked shirts. We communicate substituting initials for ...

Do we as a culture have an accurate understanding of who God truly is as revealed in the Scriptures? Or have our imaginations created a “god” of our own liking who never threatens our security and ...

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Cover of the book “Heart of Holiness” by Father Gary Lauenstein. (Credit: Ignatius Press.) Listen In his 1999 apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America – “The Church in America” – St. John Paul II ...

“And men from the east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.” (Luke 13:29) One does not have to visit long with Father George Rutler to ...

Will Willimon is a retired bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church and professor of Christian ministry at Duke Divinity School. While we always need grace—grace defined ...

VATICAN CITY —Pope Francis’ daily homily on Tuesday focused on the importance of allowing God to be active and present in our daily lives. “This is holiness: to let God write our history. And this is ...

Are there instances when we are called to witness to the Gospel as the foundation of how we live, but we hesitate? If so, ...

As I shared at the beginning of the year, I changed my morning devotion time a little. I am not reading a large amount of scripture, but taking a smaller portion and allowing it to speak to me ...

On the journey we need courage, hope, grace, conversion. "Nothing great, mortification: no, it's simple. The path to holiness is simple. Do not go back, but always move forward, right? And with ...