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The seal of the Resurrection is so powerful that in extreme cases even the unbaptized can administer baptism—using water or ...

The quote comes from the Cicero’s essay on friendship. In the essay, Cicero basically says in his essay that the number of people who truly possess virtue is less than what it appears to be, so stop ...

(See Acts 1:1-11) As we confess in the Apostles’ or ... Ascension Day. Receive our Lord’s comfort and strength! Jesus is “head over all things to the church." ...

I John 1:9 promises, “If we confess our sins ... “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Guilt is a heavy burden, weighing down your spirit. Jesus offers a profound invitation to find relief: ...

Sunday, June 15, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Mass readings: Proverbs 8:22-31; Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Romans ...

On Father’s Day, we celebrate our kindred fathers. We have no choice regarding our kindred father, but we do make the choice ...

It has been 10 years since a mass shooting at a historically Black Charleston church killed nine people and shocked the U.S.