The Prophet Isaiah went to the Temple to worship and there he had an experience with God. Isaiah “saw” three particular things about God. First, he saw God’s holiness: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD ...

Sunday, Feb. 10, is the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass readings: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 138: 1-5, 7-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11. “They cried one to the other, ‘Holy, holy, holy is ...

Last August, during a visit with friends from Ireland, I learned that a great meteor shower was going to happen one night. So late that evening, we put out chairs, sat down on the New Mexico mesa and ...

For 27 centuries the message of Prophet Isaiah that in the future Messianic Age of worldwide peace would result in an idealistic visionary transformation of nature itself with even animal predators ...

Dr. Anathea Portier-Young explores how sacred art, scripture, and sensory experience mediate divine encounter and ethical transformation. Drawing on the insights of mystic Evelyn Underhill and ...

Today is the eighth and final day of Passover. The first day commemorates the liberation of the Children of Israel in the past; the last looks forward to the future redemption of all humankind. That’s ...

We begin the season of Advent with readings that direct our gaze to the ultimate and the immediate realities of our lives. The first Sunday of Advent always looks to history’s end. For Christians that ...

He may not be cruel and capricious. But don’t pretend he isn’t dangerous. A couple years ago, I visited Israel with a group of Christian journalists. We bobbed in the Dead Sea, ate "Peter fish" in ...

A retreat master was giving a homily to a group of young seminarians. In that group of future diocesan priests, one was a late vocation. He had entered the seminary at the age of 40 and brought with ...

Radiant Worship is a Christian music group that creates spirit-filled worship songs. Their music is made to help people connect with God in a simple and powerful way. Some of their well-loved songs ...