Sunday, March 29, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A). Mass readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 And Jesus wept. These three words have the distinction of comprising ...

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For those readers interested in an exegesis of the genealogy included in Gospel of Matthew, most would turn to theologians like Jane Schaberg, not famed Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. But ...

I’ve been thinking about these words a lot lately. If Jesus is an all-knowing and all-powerful God, then what could possibly cause him to cry? Doesn’t it seem like he could just make himself feel ...

Lorraine Murray’s email address is [email protected]. In a scene from my favorite Christmas movie, “The Homecoming,” missionaries dole out presents to needy children in a small town who are ...

Evangelical leaders have a long history of employing the Bible to justify their actions. Earlier this year, we saw church leaders encouraging women to stay with abusive husbands — or worse, committing ...

There is a very poignant moment in Scripture that gets little exegesis, it seems, but it touches the deepest nerve of a people in mourning for the loss of the character of their nation. Like our own.

Johannine studies are a fascinating aspect of theology, especially scholarly analysis of the Fourth Gospel (FG). Even laymen and newborn converts can appreciate the simplicity and profundity of the ...

Jesus has taught about the Eucharist in the Sunday Gospels of roughly the last month. From his “sign” of multiplying the loaves and fishes through his Eucharistic Discourse taken from John 6, Jesus ...