This homily was delivered by Brian Paulson, S.J., president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, on Jan. 24 at the Mass for Life in Washington, D.C. As its mission statement ...

Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer and reflected on how the kingdom of God grows through "the little things of daily life." ...

The problem with knowing when is forgetting to be ready now. Our Lord told us that even he did not know the hour when all would be revealed, the apocalypse, from the Greek apo = “un” and kaluptein = ...

Sunday, Jan. 22, is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 8:23—9:3; Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17. In these early weeks of “ordinary” ...

We tend to resent the message of the parable of the vineyard, but it’s about God’s great generosity, not about what we’re owed. This sermon was the second-to-last sermon of an eight-week series on the ...

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the mystery of the Kingdom of God as a treasure that transforms human life during his Angelus address on Sunday, 26 July, delivered from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a ...

See how CT is interconnecting the global Church. The Kingdom of God knows no borders. It’s rising in underground churches, flourishing in places of persecution, and stretching across continents, ...

Like the merchant in the parable of Jesus, we don’t buy the “pearl of great price” as a burden, but as a joy, worth ...

The Kingdom of Heaven promised by Jesus manifests itself not only through our bodies, our families, and our departed, but also through our societies as a whole. These, too, are traversed and redeemed ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...