In a way, I guess, all of us could be somewhat frustrated with today's Gospel. Yes it's true, really, the gift of creation is sufficient to take care of all of us. God has fashioned a world, a ...

As preachers of the word who have deep ties to both the faith and the secular world, deacons have a tremendous potential for affecting positive change toward the Gospel. We live the example daily by ...

Editor's note: Look for a sermon or lesson from Houston's diverse faiths every week in Belief. When I was a freshman in college, I decided to conduct an experiment on a Sunday morning before church. I ...

Love builds community; it does not break down community through envy, boasting, or pride. This sermon series came about because of tensions around the Gordon-Conwell seminary campus that were more ...

“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...

A Catholic priest went viral for his sermon about “The Fate of Ophelia,” a song Taylor Swift wrote for her fiancé, Kansas ...

The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the fourth week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we ...

How inner transformation shapes outward proclamation. Your preaching is not God’s work. You are God’s work. I received this vision in a peculiar way. As I was minding my own business leading a ...

Bradley Hite shifted his weight from left foot to right, trying to psych himself up to talk about his faith. The 16-year-old, by his own admission, felt stupid standing at the corner of Broad and High ...