The psalmist this Sunday promises to do the will of the Lord. Just hours after saying in his final press conference that he would follow the wishes of President-elect Barack Obama on the matter, President Bush asked Congress to release the remaining $350 billion dollars in federal bailout funds. ...

"What are you looking for?" Jesus asks the disciples of John who approach him in this Sunday's gospel. Egyptian negotiators were asking the same question of Israel and Hamas this week in hopes of reaching a cease-fire in the devastating war in Gaza. ...

Saint Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians reminds readers that the body is a "temple of the Holy Spirit" in this Sunday's second reading. Apparently a growing number of teens have decided that meat does not belong in the temple of their own bodies and have become vegetarian. ...

Samuel invites the Lord to speak in Sunday's first reading. President-elect Barack Obama has invited Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, to speak at an inaugural event at the Lincoln Memorial. ...

We "have been purchased at a price," this Sunday's second reading reminds us. State governments are thinking the same thing about items bought by their residents online, ...

"There is a calling that is yet above high office, fame, lucre, and security. It is the call of conscience."

President Bush's approval rating has dropped from 92 percent right after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an all-time high for a president, to near 20 percent, an all-time low. The swing is the largest of any president since this statistic has been kept.