Paul thanks God and the Colossians that the good news of Jesus Christ has taken root among the Colossians and is spreading all over the Roman world. Jesus has preached his message of hope in the lake town of Capernaum and confirmed it by liberating the poor and the sick from the powers of evil. […]
Don’t you worry when the end time will come, Paul tells his Thessalonians. There is nothing to fear; just be always ready for the Lord’s coming. Gospel. The authority of Jesus often struck the people and Jesus’ own disciples. Here was someone higher than a mere human being. There was authority in his teaching –
In today’s first reading Paul calms the fears of the Christian community of Thessalonica. They are expecting the return of Christ soon, in their very lifetime. Now, what about the Christians who have died before the parousia, are they lost? No, says Paul, this makes no difference. As Christ died and rose from the dead,
Mother Teresa: A Saint for the Poorest of the Poor Saint Teresa of Calcutta, known to the world as Mother Teresa, was born in 1910 in Albania as Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu. In 1929, she entered the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly known as the Loreto Sisters, and took the name Teresa. She was
Introduction The first reading reflects the primitive conditions and the moral underdevelopment of the period of the Judges. Jephthah, a man of good will and a dedicated servant of Yahweh, lacks the moral discernment to distinguish between the binding force of an imprudent vow and respect for the human person. All are invited
