If you view Advent as a time of purification, of evacuating the self to make room for Christ in you at Christmas, it will appear as "a little Lent." It would be likening Advent to the state of a ...

Note: The English translations of the Sacred Scriptures here are from the New Oxford Annotated Bible, unless noted, with some minor adaptations. One of the most important stories in the Hebrew ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This is regarding the Nov. 22 editorial “Merry . . . hey! Wait a minute!” I completely agree with the sentiment of the editorial, lamenting the fact that Thanksgiving is becoming lost in the holiday ...

Discerning the will of God means being able to listen to one's own heart and recognize the Lord's presence in the unexpected events of life, Pope Francis said. Like St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose ...

Charles Price wrote a piece about a Washington Post journalist by the name of Gene Weingarten, who won a Pulitzer Prize-winning article about a street entertainer playing a violin at the L’Enfant ...

Sunday, May 5, is the Third Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; Revelation 5: 11-14; John 21:1-19. One of the astonishing features of Jesus’ encounters with ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — Some Mt. Juliet city leaders want to take an official stance for God. On Monday night, commissioners will consider supporting a state resolution making July the official ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — Mt. Juliet took an official stand on God, and now a national non-profit argues it is “unconstitutional.” The Freedom From Religion Foundation criticized city commissioners ...

The package arrived wrapped in plain brown paper. Inside was a small multicolored basket stuffed with tissue. But nothing else. Anne Graham Lotz, the well-brought-up daughter of Billy and Ruth Graham, ...