2 Peter 1 says, “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of ...

Grace is one of those special words that belongs to God’s children. Grace, which comes from the Greek New Testament word "charis," is God's unmerited favor. It is kindness from God that we don't ...

The feeding of the multitude and the bread of life discourse that follows it take up almost all of St. John’s sixth chapter. And to the vexation of many homilists, fretting about saying something new ...

Grace is a mystery in more ways than one. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines it as our “participation in the life of God” (No. 1997). When we speak of God as a mystery, we mean that God is ...

Doctors enter the practice of medicine. Lawyers, the practice of law. Pastors enter the practice of grace. Grace is our stock-in-trade. But practicing grace is not much like the professions of ...

Is there life after death? Birth and death are the goal posts of every human life. That makes “Is there life after death?” an important question. We come in. We go out. What happens in between, we ...

The Catholic Church teaches that good works done after regeneration (at baptism) and justification are (if certain conditions are met) meritorious and can contribute to salvation and attainment of ...

I want to talk about Grace. Not the three sister goddesses who dispense charm and beauty, although that’s likely related. Grace as in: an excellence or power granted by God. Grace as Webster defines ...

Why it matters that the Lord lets the sun rise on both the evil and on the good. This Tuesday, the sun will hang in the sky over the Northern Hemisphere for what is colloquially known as the “longest ...