We’ve seen enough in St. Louis to forget how to breathe — protests and politics, grocery bills and gunfire, ICE raids and school closures. But if you can still catch your breath, you’ve got a reason ...

Gratitude: A Gateway to God’s Will. By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor. Gratitude is one of the rarest forms of faith. Anyone can praise God when life f ...

"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 ...

Jesus never abandons, coerces or blackmails anyone when they stray, rather, he patiently waits and is "our greatest and most faithful friend," Pope Francis said. "He remains at the door of the heart.

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Sunday, Nov. 19, is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Proverb 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 or Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21. At one ...

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME – Jesus never abandons, coerces or ...