Today is the 2nd Sunday of Advent. Our Gospel reading comes from Mark 1:1-8 about the Preaching of John the Baptist. “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ (the Son of God). 2 As it is written ...

The recent publication of the tenth and final volume of The Sermons of John Donne has brought to a close one of the great homiletic publishing events of the twentieth century. (The Sermons of John ...

Clergymen process during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, March 29, 2024. (OSV News/Gonzalo Fuentes) Good Friday begins in silence. The presider lies ...

“He asked for a tablet and wrote, ‘John is his name.’ and all were amazed” (Luke 1:64). Because the evangelists were so intent on showing seamless continuity in the plan of salvation, John the Baptist ...

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Clive Johnston, a retired pastor in Northern Ireland, is facing prosecution for allegedly violating “abortion buffer zones laws” by preaching an open-air sermon on John 3:16. Johnston, 76, decided to ...