Jesus
October 29, 2020
“Few of the documents,” writes the historian John O’Malley, “bumped along such a rough road as Nostra Aetate.”[1] It’s a remarkable story—tense and dramatic—the story behind this very brief Declaration of the Second Vatican Council. It all began in September 1960 when Saint Pope John XXIII asked Augustin Cardinal Bea, a German Jesuit biblical scholar and […]
November 6, 2020
Wisdom is “found by those who seek her” (Wis. 6:12). That’s the simple point of this Sunday’s readings, the point of the Church’s Sunday readings these past few weeks, in fact.
November 13, 2020
Hope isn’t about thinking of the future but about keeping faith in the present. Hope is a now thing.
November 20, 2020
“The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev. 11:15)
November 27, 2020
“May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.” (Mk. 13:36)
December 4, 2020
“John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” (Mk. 1:4)