Sunday, Sept. 4, is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33. In today’s Gospel, Jesus defines four ...

In the gospel of Mark there is a profound scene where Jesus calls four of his apostles. This scene is the essence of what Christians call discipleship. The text reads, “As Jesus walked beside the Sea ...

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? In honor of World Marriage Day on Sunday, Feb. 9, our pastor read an excerpt from the “Exhortation Before Marriage” from the ...

The liturgical color of Ordinary Time is green, which symbolizes hope, life and growth, according to St. John’s Seminary professor Father James Briody. (Credit: Pilot photo/ Gregory L. Tracy.) Listen ...

On the sidelines of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM), Dr. P.C. Mathew, founder of Urban India Ministries and global family challenge director for the World Evangelical Alliance, ...

Elder Scott D. Whiting, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke about the eternal significance of deepening our ...

(RNS) — My phone started lighting up with notifications. By now, when this happens, it’s usually because an incident involving race has occurred. As I picked up my phone, I saw the words, “8 shot dead ...

There’s piety, and there’s discipleship. I wouldn’t want to say they can’t and don’t overlap. They often do. My personal piety runs to practices that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to any person ...

Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90, R. In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Gospel – Luke 14:25-33 The cost of discipleship is the major theme of this Sunday’s ...