In his First Letter to the Corinthians Saint Paul warned of the danger of factions and conflict in the church.

Normally it’s Mark’s gospel that’s characterized as the saga of expediency—to Mark there appears to be only one moment in time: “immediately.”

Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake.

Presbyterian scholar Michael J. Kruger likes to fish. That is a good thing because in a recent online reflection he offers a very important insight:

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

Of the passages in the Hebrew prophets Christians cite as oracles about Jesus, the one the church proclaims this week from Isaiah 8 makes one of the more distant connections.

We’ve heard the grim statistics about our nation’s public schools. Ranked fifth in education spending around the globe, we’re 21st in science literacy and 25th in math literacy.

You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. —Dorothy Day