This day we call Palm Sunday, or in our odd, ecclesial grammar, "Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion," always gives us too much to take in. It begins with Jesus’ entry into the holy city of Jerusalem ...

Jesus Christ called on the sacred prophesy of Isiah 61 when he took up the scrolls of Scripture and professed that he was truly the anointed of God. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because God has ...

The reading from Acts is set in the upper room, where the disciples are gathered between the ascension and Pentecost. About 120 persons are there (1:15), a symbol for the full number of disciples. In ...

I am a wealthy woman. I don’t have as much as some, but I know that I have far more than I need. Compared with most human beings on this planet and even compared with most Americans, I am rich. This ...

Hundreds of pilgrims marked Easter Sunday by visiting Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre and prostrating themselves on stone where they believe Jesus was anointed before his burial. The ...

Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus ...

In his Wednesday general audience Pope Francis gave a brief catechesis on the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, noting that its purpose is to bring Christ close to the recipient. "Every time we ...