Sunday, Jan. 11, is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Year B). The end of January has a reputation for being the saddest part of the year. The Church wisely gives those of us in the Northern ...

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to have been there when Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, or to have stood next to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, then a new ...

We have returned to Ordinary Time. The white vestments of our feasts have given way to green as the celebratory poinsettias and pine trees have disappeared from the sanctuary. We return to the regular ...

“It’s a Wonderful Life” is considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Every year, it tops the list of America’s favorite Christmas films. The American Film Institute cites it as one of the 100 ...

Christ "is the image of the invisible God." That idea has inspired thousands of representations of Jesus of decidedly wide-ranging degrees of artistic quality. One of the oldest images we have is a ...

He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit (1 Cor. 6:17). How close does Jesus Christ come to the lives of those who have trusted in him? Is he spectator solely, or is he an active participant in ...

On the surface, Monty Python's Life of Brian is an irreverent take on the life of Christ, criticized as a comedy rife with blasphemy and sacrilege, resulting in the film being banned in numerous ...