“Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever,” vows the psalmist this Sunday. The owners of two closely held corporations with strong religious beliefs praised a Supreme Court decision Monday . . .

In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus has comforting words for those who are burdened. An outpouring of national support in Israel Tuesday comforted three families burdened with grief . . .

“The Lord is faithful in all his words,” the psalmist reminds us this Sunday. Facing congressional inaction, immigration advocates are calling on President Barack Obama to be faithful to his campaign pledge and deliver changes . . .

“In faith you live at once in two worlds: that of the flesh and of the spirit,” points out scripture scholar Alice Camille in her reflection on the reading from the Letter to the Romans in Exploring the Word. The world of the flesh is prone to illness, and few are more deadly than Ebola.

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one”

Approximately 39 percent of American households own handguns, marking a reversal of a four-decade drop in household ownership that began in the 1970s.