A closer look at the climactic moment on the cross. One of the most famous lines in Scripture is also one of the most puzzling. We all know that Jesus, as he was dying, uttered the triumphant words ...

Matthew 27:46-49 (RSV) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, la’ma sabach-tha’ni?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” [47] And some of the bystanders ...

With thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI focused his address on Sunday’s Mass reading from the Gospel of St. Mark. While creation is ...

There is something common in the next three words: Christendom, Christianity and Christian. They are all centered on the word Christ. Remove Christ from these words and you end up with a religion ...

Te Deum is a volunteer chorus of music professionals and educators. Kansas City choral conductor Matthew Shepard has wanted to perform “Seven Last Words from the Cross” for more than a decade. A ...

John Lennon discussed his views on Jesus in 1966, the same year as his infamous “more popular than Jesus” comment. Shortly before he died in 1980, John revealed his thoughts about Christ’s words.

True followers of Jesus profess their faith not through pre-packaged platitudes but rather through concrete actions of love for their neighbors, Pope Francis said. When he asked the disciples who they ...

Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! These are the words of great news for today. Out of the sacred word in scripture, today Christians recall that the tomb is empty, the burial clothes are ...

A good friend of mine dropped out of seminary, entered the business world, became a successful executive recruiter and migrated finally to management consulting, at which he is an expert. Big ...

John begins his Gospel with the deity of Christ, and the Synoptic Gospels begin with the humanity of Christ and later declare his deity. “John, the great historian,” writes Austin, “begins his gospel ...