One of the traditional ways of thinking about sin is that sin is a set of spiritual laws or a cosmic list of rules that have to be obeyed to appease God and keep God happy. However Christians believe ...

Sunday, March 9, is the First Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13. As Lent begins, we are asked to consider some of ...

Dear Christian Readers: This Christmas, in what unique and tangible ways have you shown your deep gratitude to God for the best present of all: Jesus? Dear Lee: I know the Scripture that says God ...

"Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." Now that's a mind-blowing sentence! Was Jesus really tempted? Doesn't temptation imply a confusion or indecisiveness that ...

Sunday, Feb. 26, is the First Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17; Romans 5:12-19 or Romans 5:12, 17-19; Matthew 4:1-11. In this desert scene, the ...

ALONG WITH DEATH and taxes, there are a few other familiar certainties in life including Murphy’s Law that any bad thing that can happen will happen, the fact that you will always pick the longest ...

Do you notice anything different—indeed quite distinctive—in St. Luke’s account of Christ’s temptation? Following his baptism, our Lord has been led into the desert by the Holy Spirit. He is quite ...

The other week at a conference I attended, one of the speakers said something that has been transforming my life. He said that every desire we have masks a deeper hunger, a hunger that is for God and ...