"And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God."
On this feast day of Saints Simon and Jude, we encounter a prof...
Eighteen years is a long time to carry a burden. For the woman in today's gospel, those years were spent bent over, unable to stand up straight, unable to look others in the eye. She had become in...
Today's gospel reading presents us with one of the most powerful parables Jesus ever told—a story about two men, two prayers, and two very different hearts.
Two Men in the Temple
A Pharisee and...
When tragedy strikes, our first instinct is often to ask "Why?" We search for reasons, look for someone to blame, or wonder if the suffering was somehow deserved. It's a deeply human response to t...
We live in an age of meteorological sophistication. Weather apps ping our phones with hourly updates, radar maps show approaching storms in real-time, and we've mastered the art of reading natural...