It’s the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time and today’s gospel is the familiar story of the encounter of our Lord Jesus Christ with the blind Bartimaeus in Jericho. I am blessed to have visited Jericho two ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that we must listen to the cries of the poor and needy, resisting the temptation to close our hearts because we are “bothered” by their constant pleas for ...

It’s the fourth Sunday of Lent and today’s reading is the healing of our Lord Jesus Christ of the man born blind. If we printed the entire gospel, we’d run out of space. But this passage that you will ...

Chapter 3 of the Acts of the Apostles contains Peter’s preaching about Christ as healer from sin and its effects as a consequence of his passion, death and resurrection. The sermon was occasioned by ...

Both the first reading and Gospel today have segments focused on the healing of the blind as promised by God. In the first reading, we learn from the prophet Isaiah of the end goal of God’s plan, ...

Imagine being blind with nosy neighbors, fearful parents and judgmental religious leaders inserting their opinions into the work of Jesus Christ in your life. You finally get healed and instead of a ...

Northern perimeter of the Pool of Siloam.Koby Harati, City of David Archives. The Pool of Siloam will be fully excavated and open to the public for the first time in almost 2,000 years. Built some ...

The steps where Jesus Christ healed a blind man in the New Testament were uncovered 2,000 years later. According to Fox News, archeologists accomplished the unearthing of nearly eight steps leading ...

Discovering hope and healing for fallible followers through Jesus’ faithfulness in the Gospel of Mark. When I began exploring the Christian faith I’d inherited from my parents, I felt as though I’d ...