In his homily, Pope Francis recalled how Jesus’ last words — “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” — summed up the “ceaseless self-entrustment” to God that had defined ...

In this new year of 2025, I am praying for an awakening. It is very interesting to consider what people seem most passionate about.

Prayer of the Seven Last Words. O divine Jesus, incarnate Son of god, for our salvation you consented to be born in a stable, to spend you whole life amid poverty, trials, ...

According to the Gospels, Jesus foresaw his own death. In the Gospel of Matthew, for example, he shares with his disciples that “he must go to Jerusalem and suffer… and be killed and on the ...

More vivid is Jesus’ hymn to the Cross, also supposedly spoken on the Mount of Olives. Its opening verse: Rise up, rise up, O holy Cross, and lift me, O Cross, I shall mount upon you, O Cross ...

God’s first recorded speech in Scripture consisted of words of one syllable: “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3). The first thing we are told about God is that in creating a place for humanity ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s last words: ‘Jesus, I love you.’ Gerard O’Connell December 31, 2022 Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to bless ...