Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

Before the apostle Paul exhorted Timothy to "Preach the Word!" (2 Tim. 4:2), he admonished the pastor of the Ephesian church to "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who ...

I can say without exaggeration that the most transformative preaching I have ever experienced is when, in 1999, I preached through the whole of the last book of the Bible, “The Revelation of Jesus ...

Along the U.S.-Mexico border, Flavio Bravo, S.J., celebrates Mass in migrant shelters among people living in fear and uncertainty. Reflecting on John’s resurrection appearances in which Christ shows ...

Poor Abraham. When we read of God’s promise to give him more progeny than the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, we marvel at his trust and persistence. He and Sarah remained childless ...

The Passion narrative of St. Matthew begins in the 26th chapter. It starts with a subordinate clause linking our Lord’s suffering and death to his prior preaching. When Jesus finished all these words, ...

Today’s feast celebrates the meaning and implications of your baptism. If you were baptized as an infant, it may seem like only a ritual moment distant in time. What does it have to do with you now?