On the feast day of the Holy Trinity, St Peter in his first letter to the Romans, names Jesus the greatest Peace-Maker. This must be one of the most appealing titles of Jesus to the contemporary man ...

"Enter through the narrow gate," Jesus says at the end of the Sermon on the Mount. "For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How ...

The bad news is so overwhelming these days, it's hard to find any good news. But the Gospel provides it in abundance in the life and teachings of Jesus, especially in the Sermon on the Mount, his ...

In the liturgy of the 20th Sunday with the following readings: Jeremiah 38:4–6, 8–10; Psalm 40; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49–57, we meditate on the words of Jesus which have left a frightening echo on ...

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