Happy Are We: Father Robert Barron Unpacks the Teachings of Jesus
“Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68) Jesus came to die for our sins, most certainly; but He also came to transform humankind by His example and His words. In...
View ArticleSo…. Did Jesus Really Have Brothers and Sisters?
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are his sisters here with us?” –Mark 6:3 DID JESUS HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS? The Gospel of Mark...
View ArticleThe Madonna of the Candelabra
Back in 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Christmas stamp titled “Madonna of the Candelabra.” The stamp, which is still available for purchase today, is sold in books of 20 self-adhesive...
View ArticleCNN’s “Finding Jesus” Week 2: The Bones of John the Baptist
On Sunday evening, CNN will air the second of six episodes in its original series Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery. Each episode will explore a different historical object–a relic–which leads us...
View ArticlePeter, Paul and Mary Sing About the Woman at the Well
As a deacon, my husband reads the Gospel at Mass each Sunday. This morning before we left the house he stared at me, a sort of “deer in headlights” stare, and said, “Today’s Gospel is REALLY long!”...
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