And he rolled up the scroll, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Epiphany of the Lord, Jan. 4, 2026.

“What does it mean to be a prophet?” This is the challenge preachers must wrestle with and present to their congregations over and over, says Luke Timothy Johnson, a renowned Scripture scholar, ...

If ever there was a richer set of readings to ponder or exegete than the set from today, I have yet to see it. The third Sunday in Ordinary Time is set aside by the church as Word of God Sunday. The ...

Yes, Jesus is descended from patriarchs and kings, but now magi from the East come to worship him. That is, through Jesus all ...

The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to convey a ...

"There's nothing worth doing that isn't worth overdoing." Thus spoke one of my delightfully irreverent college friends. Impudent as that sounds, it echoes one commentary about the first of Jesus' ...