While Mary’s divine motherhood is unique, we all may imitate her faith, love and trust. These virtues define her spirit, which we especially honour today…

After Paul left Athens, with its sophisticated audience, he proceeded to the seaport of Corinth, notorious for its riotous atmosphere..

At the Areopagus in the heart of Athens, Paul recognized the exquisite beauty of its Greek temples and marble artworks…

A Happy Outcome. We can sympathize with Paul’s indignation at being wrongly thrown in prison in Philippi, but..

Paul fell in love with the church he founded in Philippi. His later epistle to them is among the warmest of his writings. He wrote…

It may seem inconsistent to us that Paul had Timothy circumcised because of the Jews of that region, so soon after the Jerusalem Council had decreed…

Some people regard all compromise as tainted and asopposed to fidelity. Yet the message of the Jerusalem Council was…

Joy is very much at the heart of the gospel. This is not surprising when we consider that gospel literally means good news…

True, spiritual circumcision, Paul maintained, is of the heart, where bonds of love and loyalty bind the people to their God…

After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra…

If we are led by the Holy Spirit, we can be instruments of healing, like Paul and Barnabas. Our faith may be enough to help and heal…

Adapting our vision of God to major changes in the surrounding culture (e.g. Big Bang theory, Expanding Universe, genetic manipulation, moral relativism etc.) can be difficult and divisive…

Pope Francis has urged us to build bridges, not barriers; and that the doors of our church must be wide open and welcoming…

God is revealed as the one who will always be with his people. That ongoing, saving interaction with the lives of his people shows us who God is…

Jesus’ personality was formed by his attentiveness to the Father, knowing himself sent by the Father, and making this the focus of his life….