Jesus is worth everything, and there is a cost to following him. So the question for the reader becomes “How much is Jesus ...

Lent is not just one more liturgical season. It is a time of abundant grace for a new conversion, when God is “purifying us by the sacred practice of penance,” as we pray at Mass during Lent. Most ...

Jesus’ sacrificial anguish redefined what it means to suffer with purpose. Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus entered Jerusalem and the beginning of the week of his passion, which, in the context of this ...

What can you say about suffering that makes it better? If “better” means an end to suffering, let’s be honest: nothing. Suffering, in the sense of adversity, is written into nature. Plants do not ...

(RNS) — Holy Week is a time to remember that what Jesus suffered is still going on in our world today. (RNS) — During Holy Week, we are called to keep our eyes on Jesus as he follows the path that ...

"But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass ...

McElroy is a cardinal in the Catholic Church and head of the San Diego Diocese and lives in Linda Vista. Brown Snook is bishop of the Episcopal Church of San Diego and lives in San Diego. Nagler is ...