On Friday, we walked to Calvary with Hans Küng as our guide on the passion and death of Jesus, his reflections in On Being a Christian pointing us to the critical, yet often scuttled, fact: Jesus died ...

I think we can gather from our listening to the Scriptures this morning that the message today is about being a disciple of Jesus -- our call to follow him -- and maybe some of us are somewhat like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a movie theater screen Nov. 18, a group of 12 men formed a circle and prayed. Dressed in first-century clothing, their arms ...

We continue looking at the successes of those first 12 disciples of Jesus. Why their successes? Because an emphasis on their failures invites us to feel badly about our own discipleship, robbing us of ...

"Here is a group of men who witnessed something otherworldly and magical, but still they are being asked to leave everything for their faith. Even to give up their lives for it … there is still the ...

Today’s Gospel comes in two sizes: the short version (Matthew 4:12-17) and the long version (Matthew 4:12-23). I strongly encourage priests to add the extra 45 seconds and use the long version. There ...

St. John the Evangelist stood faithfully at the cross of Jesus, the only one of the 12 apostles who is recorded to be present on that frightening hill of execution. John stood with Mary too — the ...