In their response to God’s invitation, both Mary and Joseph show complete trust in God’s plan, even when its outcome is unclear. Msgr. Joseph Prior explains the readings for the Fourth Sunday of ...

We are not destined to live a life of desperation. At Christmas we remind ourselves that God came close. Not that we deserved it but because He fearfully and wonderfully loves us. He did it ...

Advent is a season of expectation. In the liturgy of these weeks, a recurrent theme is God’s closeness to humanity. The Old ...

The promise of "God with us" is fulfilled through the incarnation, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus's life and sacrifice demonstrate God's love, commitment, and presence ...

Do I believe and trust that God is unconditionally and completely always with me? King Ahaz, for example, named in that genealogy, is the ruler whom the prophet Isaiah addresses in this Sunday’s first ...

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never ...

The necessity of giving thanks to God is not just a polite gesture or a casual acknowledgment of all the blessings the Lord bestows upon us. The fact is it's a fundamental part of our relationship ...

MARY’S perpetual virginity is one of the four Marian dogmas that Catholics must accept and believe, along with her as Mother ...

God becomes flesh, and God grants us knowledge of himself. In Bethlehem, the immortal Creator of all is manifest in a mortal creature. The Lord shows himself forth in all his works, but in the ...

The doctrine of God’s wise and sovereign governance doesn’t make history easy to interpret. It makes living through it endurable. Christians believe in providence, which holds that God is the wise and ...

When asked at a recent press conference whether he believes Russia’s war with Ukraine will end in 2025, Vladimir Putin gave an odd answer. “I believe in God,” he said, “and God is with us.” A ...