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In a culture obsessed with external success, platform, and applause, God is looking for something very different. He boasts ...

“Thus God said to Israel: ‘I have given you a Torah from which I cannot part, and I also cannot tell you not to take it; but ...

During an audience of religious sisters belonging to several orders, Pope Leo XIV told the group that rootedness in Christ ...

God cherishes what we as individuals and as communities have to offer, and wants us to know that we are not alone. This is the meaning of God’s dwelling among us.

When the Church approaches contemplative prayer, she is led to give multiple and different definitions in her attempt to ...

If it is God who is in charge of life or death, then as long as we respect that fact, we can let go and truly follow him. It is, however, not one we tend to dwell on a whole lot.

“Thus God said to Israel: ‘I have given you a Torah from which I cannot part, and I also cannot tell you not to take it; but this I would request: Wherever you go, make for Me a house wherein ...