After God shuts them in, the flood begins, with rain for 40 days and 40 nights. This is the first time the Bible will ...

To begin with, let me state that this write-up is beneficial to all Christians. However, it primarily addresses my fellow ministers of ...

Mary is holy because of God. The Catechism moves on: “Mary, in whom the Lord himself has just made his dwelling, is the daughter of Zion in person, the ark of the covenant, the place where the ...

Standing before the holy ark, he read the 'Nishmat' prayer, usually reserved for Shabbat and holiday services. The text of the prayer expresses the boundless gratitude due to God for his kindness ...

I opened the doors of the holy ark where the Torah scrolls rested, and I spontaneously uttered a prayer of thanksgiving to God that I had made it there unharmed. It was a profound moment of ...

King Saul lost the monarchy because he was “rosh katan”, David succeeded him as King by virtue of his rare quality of “rosh ...

With the intention of preserving Byzantine spiritual wisdom, Greek monk Nicodemus devoted his life to writing the massive tome Philokalia.

Through several different programs and a new book, the Saint Kateri Conservation Center is helping children and parishes to ...

Candlemas closes the Christmas season. Bede pulled together threads from a network connecting Jesus’s birth and the redemptive sacrifice on the Cross making the new covenant adumbrated by the ...

Most of all, true beauty is the result of a mind that is true and right. Righteousness comes first. Superficial beauty ...