In addition to the physical pain that suffering brings, suffering is a nuisance thatblocks us from what we really want to do for ourselves, our

Moses, in the Book of Deuteronomy, tells us to “return to the Lord your God withall your heart and all your soul” (Dt 30:10). Moses

Being nailed to a cross was not only a torturous form of execution but a slow andhumiliating one, during which the onlookers watched dying person’s

Why, contrary to the Church’s practice, do we celebrate two saints on a Sunday, whichis the “Lord’s Day”? In celebrating this feast, the Church recalls

Paul declares that he heard from the “Lord” Himself what Jesus did at His last supper (1Cor 11:23). Scholars place Jesus’ death in the year

When we say that the Trinity is a “mystery,” we mean that the Trinity is inexhaustiblydeeper than we can ever comprehend. However, “mystery” doesn’t mean

The passage of the Letter to the Romans, used on Pentecost Sunday, year C, Romans8:8-17, begins, “You are not in the flesh, you are in

Did Jesus have joy when He returned to the Father with His glorified humanity? St.Thomas Aquinas thinks He did: “He had a certain kind of

Today’s Gospel, John 14:23-29 begins: “Anyone who loves me will be true to My Word.”In his Commentary on the Gospel of John, St. Thomas Aquinas

Today’s Gospel, John 13:31-33, 34-35, are Jesus’ words to His disciples at His LastSupper. After Judas has departed from the supper, Jesus declares: “Now is