Sunday, March 29, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A). Mass readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 And Jesus wept. These three words have the distinction of comprising ...

Lorraine Murray’s email address is [email protected]. In a scene from my favorite Christmas movie, “The Homecoming,” missionaries dole out presents to needy children in a small town who are ...

Years ago, my wife had the opportunity to interview Jim Brady, the onetime press secretary for President Reagan. Brady's work for the 40th president came to abrupt end March 30, 1981, when Brady was ...

There is a very poignant moment in Scripture that gets little exegesis, it seems, but it touches the deepest nerve of a people in mourning for the loss of the character of their nation. Like our own.

The Bible's shortest verse – "Jesus wept" – is also one of its most important. That was the message delivered by the Rev. Chad Scruggs in a March 5 sermon – "Death's Conqueror" – as the faithful at ...

Good morning. The shortest verse in English translations of the New Testament is also one of the most perplexing. Jesus receives a message that Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, is ill in ...

As humans, we are the most rational of all the world's created beings. Marvelous as they are, frogs, dogs, caterpillars, and donkeys don't have our capacity to reason. Yet, even with all our powers of ...

Tragedy and hope vie for thematic supremacy in Philip Shenon's newest book, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church, a highly readable, character-driven narrative ...