To be gentle is often equated with being passive, fragile, or easily overlooked - a liability rather than a virtue. But the ...
This is the eighth column in a nine-part series on the "Fruit of the Spirit." This week's topic is "Gentleness." "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5 NIV) Those words ...
He was a burly, muscular lineman for his college football team. He spent years going nose to nose with opponents on the field, but now he was standing at the altar with his petite bride, reciting ...
During this week’s catechesis, the Holy Father explained that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are inseparable 'in the economy of salvation.' Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI ...
Suffer me to come to thee. The nineteenth-century English poet Algernon Swinburne once described Jesus as a “pale Galilean.” This conception of Jesus as a mild-mannered, inoffensive man has ...
Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims attending his general audience on Wednesday that “the strength of arguments” is not enough to convince people about Jesus Christ and his Church. Concluding his ...