Jesus highlights the importance of repentance twice in this passage: repent or perish. Instead of trying to judge the Galileans’ sins, focus on your own sin. Rather than assigning wickedness to those ...

VATICAN CITY — Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said. "This year we celebrate Easter not to the joyful ...

Most people do not like to hear that they need to change. But when Jesus calls for change in a person’s life, it’s good news, and it’s for their good. In the New Testament gospel of Matthew, we see in ...

We commemorate the solemnities of All Saints and All Souls this week. The liturgical calendar reminds us to reflect intentionally on those who have died and to see ourselves in communion with them, ...

Repentance and forgiveness are something this world — and I would argue, our communities — need much more of. What do I need to Repent for? Why do I need to Forgive others? What is Repentance, anyhow?

How we can change the angry cultural debates online and in church. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther is said to have posted 95 theses, or “Disputation on the Power of Indulgences,” on the door of All ...

Forget what the billboard charts say—to judge from church ads in the Yellow Pages, America’s favorite song is “I’m Mr. Lonely.” Churches are quick to spot that need and promise eagerly that they will ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, the year of 2025 A.D. Ash Wednesday begins a season of repentance, a season which also prepares God’s people to celebrate the joy of Easter. Ash Wednesday is ...