Sunday, July 30, is the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 or Matthew 13:44-46. The Gospel ...

Of course, these depictions of heaven are guesswork, pure speculation on the part of the various artists that dreamed them up ...

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and ...

For Jesus, the joy that surges up this man’s spine is what the kingdom of God feels like. But the parable is not just a story ...

The Gospel of Matthew inspired an enduring Christian symbol: Jesus passing the keys to Peter. Cardinals are now choosing who will hold the keys — and their power — next. Credit...Gianni Cipriano for ...

(See Mark 3:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17 and 13:1-52, Luke 4:14-29 and John 1:35-51.) The Third Luminous Mystery is quite expansive: “the call to conversion and the proclamation of the Kingdom.” All of ...