While the crucifixion and resurrection command our attention, we must not overlook the profound significance of that silent ...

Consider the story of the good thief in Luke, and the Jewish idea of teshuva, or returning to goodness.

Dismas’ endurance beyond Jesus’ death is what makes him a companion to the long-suffering. He has gone before those for whom, whether by age or chronic illness, every breath is a burden. Dismas is a ...

It’s the moment when the thief realizes how close he came to missing everything. He was right there. Just a few feet from the ...

The second word from the cross, the second time Jesus speaks from the cross, he promises paradise to the Good Thief, the one we call St. Dismas. It is astonishing to consider that, on that first ...

“A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him” (Lk 23:27).

Let me say it again: the Cross was no accident. It was an appointment. And if God appointed a dying criminal to be the first ...

"Two sides of humanity came to Jesus on the cross: one hurled insults ... Look to Jesus as the Good Thief did, for you, like me, are one," tweeted David Engelhardt, a pastor and lawyer who ...

This Lent, as in years past, the longtime music director at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Mary Jones Rhodes, has organized a program called “The Seven Last Words”. She has chosen songs for ...