Mark uses the phrase “unclean spirits” more than any other biblical writer. In fact, the phrase is quite rare outside Mark’s Gospel. The phrase tells us something, therefore, about Mark’s religious ...

Sunday, Feb. 10, is the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass readings: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 138: 1-5, 7-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11. “They cried one to the other, ‘Holy, holy, holy is ...

Speaking of being overwhelmed and it impacting your prayer life, I got some great advice from my spiritual director recently. I was describing the many occasions on which the words I read seem to fly ...

Here’s my question: Why is it that some people are having such a hissy fit over social distancing? And why is it that some of those people are PASTORS? Why are they still holding church services? Why ...

It is impossible to encounter the presence of God and remain unchanged. In Business Terms Peak Moments. That’s the phrase Outside magazine (October 1998) used to describe an “outsized moment, some ...

The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...