"It is the testimony that makes the witness and the witness the testimony (which is also a way of understanding the absence of the word...

"The inspiration of this book is as great an act of self-effacement and condescension as the creation of the world by the Father and the...

“Christianity is indeed an optimism about human beings such as only God could conceive. It is not surprising that it seems so unlikely to...

“The God-Man, the Word revealed in flesh, God’s Son, who, from eternity, had chosen the mystery of His incarnation and redemption in...

"What sin then is greater than all the others? ... Haughtiness, pride, arrogance are the sin of the devil... The material of pride is...

“The analogy between Paul’s presence from a distance and the risen Jesus’ presence from a distance is not perfect; the kinds of distances...

Think of the false images of God that are found everywhere and therefore also in us. It is all very odd. We human beings recognize the...

The will of God is often thought of as something that comes into a man from the outside. It is regarded as something against which the...

"[T]here is a prayer of petition which speaks to God and is not a mere exorcism of one's own heart, but boldly and explicitly ventures to...

"The difference between the love of God and the love of the world is this: the love of this world seems sweet at the outset, but has a...

"Just before He started out on His public life, Jesus went to the desert. He fasted, and after 40 days he was hungry. At this point the...

"It would seem there there was ignorance in Christ," St Thomas says (ST III.15.3), because ignorance is basic to what it means to be...

"Let us return to the question about God and about Christ as the centerpiece of an introduction to the Christian faith. One thing has...

Lord, have mercy! Christ, have mercy! Jesus, gentle and humble in heart, hear me and have mercy on me. Heavenly Father, God, have mercy...

A sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost There is a subtle shift in our Gospel today, subtle but telling. The apostles, returning...

A Guest Post by Julie Green A few months ago, one night at bedtime, for reasons I can’t explain—I typically stay clear of the Old...

There was nothing 'religious' in the crucifixion: it belongs to history, whether you see it as a miscarriage of justice, or as just...

A Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost † We know how Jesus' story ends. But it‘s easy to forget he met with rejection not only in...

The Mother of God is the glory of the world, a world glorified in God and of God, and in itself possessing and giving birth to God... In...

A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Today's Gospel gives us a familiar story: When evening had come, Jesus said to his...