Do you know the real Jesus? And how can we find him this Lent? Check out this first installment of Word Alive, our new series of Sunday reflections! ...read more

How can we let God transform the evil that is in us and around us into good? Julian Paparella reflects on the Gospel for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. ...read more

Exploring the readings for this Sunday, Scott Harris looks at how the prophets anticipate the Gospels' call to care for the poor and needy. ...read more

In this reflection, Julian Paparella explores how the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord shows us how to trust in God's plan for our lives. ...read more

Read this reflection on the calling of Jesus' first disciples. We, too, can leave everything to follow Jesus, who gives us everything that truly matters. ...read more

As we prepare for the coming of our Lord during Advent, Julian Paparella suggests seeing conversion as a pathway for Jesus to be born in us every day. ...read more

Julian Paparella reflects on the three ways we look for the coming of Christ in this season of Advent. ...read more

Read a homily for the memorial of the immaculate heart of Mary by Fr. Kevin Kirley, CSB: "Mary was no stranger to the real world of suffering." ...read more

A reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent We all have some part of us that we wish was different. Something in ourselves that we wish was otherwise. Often this part of us can be a source of shame, of fear, of regret, of embarrassment. It is something we wish would just go away, that ...read more

A reflection for the First Sunday of Lent It seems almost scandalous to think that Jesus experienced temptation. We think of temptation as something shameful, something that only happens to us and not to others, something that distances us from God. But in the Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent we see Jesus tempted ...read more