While the crucifixion and resurrection command our attention, we must not overlook the profound significance of that silent ...

Let me say it again: the Cross was no accident. It was an appointment. And if God appointed a dying criminal to be the first ...

Dismas’ endurance beyond Jesus’ death is what makes him a companion to the long-suffering. He has gone before those for whom, whether by age or chronic illness, every breath is a burden. Dismas is a ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...

It’s the moment when the thief realizes how close he came to missing everything. He was right there. Just a few feet from the ...

Consider the story of the good thief in Luke, and the Jewish idea of teshuva, or returning to goodness.

“A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him” (Lk 23:27).

58. “‘Sir’, they said, ‘We remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ ...

We are entering the last several days of Holy Week. These culminate in Jesus’s ministry and the beginning of his Passion and Death. Christians worldwide are getting ready to celebrate the Resurrection ...

Easter, quite simply, is the observance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Many people have different ideas ...

The Roman soldiers were stamping so vehemently, you could feel vibrations through the floor. They nailed Jesus to the cross and roughly brought forward two thieves to crucify, one on each side.