When was Jesus born? When did he die? What was his socioeconomic class? How did he fit in the religious, political and ...

Visit the homepage for more information. The Gospel of Luke and Acts give us the essential framework for the beginning of an authentic study of Mary. This Gospel is a Christ-centered proclamation to ...

Today’s readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 (shorter version 2: ... it is a powerful symbol, like a battle standard: a light that challenges, that exposes, that demands a ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

From the context of Matthew’s calling as one of the Twelve Disciples (Matthew 9:9), it is not surprising that most scholars ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his ...

"God is present in the midst of his people, not because he dwells within four walls, but because he lives as a man among ...

The Gospel of Luke is the first volume of Luke-Acts, which was composed by "Luke the beloved physician," a traveling companion of St. Paul (Col 4:14). The Gentile St. Luke wrote his work for ...

The so-called vow of virginity is first mentioned--not as vow but as fact--in the apocryphal gospel of James (~150). It is stated explicitly as vow in Augustine: "Quod profecto non diceret [Mary's ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the fourth Sunday before Lent in Year C is Luke 5.1–11, the story of the miraculous catch of fish, as we jump forward into Jesus’ ministry before returning to ...