Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which ...

There is a reason that we have traditionally spoken of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist as the “Blessed Sacrament.” We ...

With another theory predicting the second coming will be in 2025 there are thousands of people placing a bet on the return of Jesus Christ ...

In the New Testament, Christ is called "Our Paschal Lamb" [1 Cor ... Jesus said "I am the living bread which came down from heaven" [John 6:51]. Jesus further said: "Truly, truly, I say to you ...

This Sunday’s readings call the faithful to reconsider the most holy body and blood of Christ in light of extreme divisions ...

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This past weekend, we were blessed here in the archdiocese to ordain five men to the priesthood. Besides the beautiful Saturday morning Mass for priestly ordination, it was a weekend full of prayers, ...

The present tense implies Christ's eternal existence as God. Even though Jesus does not explicitly call Himself "God ... not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son but only the Father." ...

New Testament scholar N T Wright recently weighed in on questions surrounding suicide and the afterlife, stressing he does not believe suicide is an unpardonable sin that cuts a person off from ...

One batter. Six pitches. Game over. On Father's Day, a Palm Beach County daughter remembers her dad's dedication to baseball ...

“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, ...