While writing the article about The Doxology, for some reason I thought about The Beatitudes. I don’t think I’ve written about these before. Strangers often ask where my stories come from and I can ...

Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was a revered teacher and healer and mystic. But, in addition to being all that, Jesus was something of a jokester. If you don’t think so, consider the parable that ...

VATICAN CITY — The beatitudes are the most direct path toward happiness and holiness, Pope Francis said during Mass on All Saints’ Day. He urged the congregation to imitate Jesus in walking the ...

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, presents Lenten meditations for members of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 26, 2021. “The ...

Pope Francis spoke on the paradox of the beatitudes in his Sunday Angelus address on Feb. 13, saying that the defining characteristic of a disciple of Jesus is joy. “Indeed, the beatitudes define the ...

When I was a graduate student at Duke, my professors David Steinmetz and Roland Murphy were blazing a new trail into the history of the interpretation of scripture, hacking away at the conceit that ...

Though they are fundamental to Christian devotion and practice, the New Testament Beatitudes can become so familiar to the faithful as to seem almost bland. Writing with a barely banked passion for ...

I once heard a story that used to make me laugh. "Computers are so powerful that pretty soon the country will be run by one computer, one man, and a dog," the teller says. "Really?" says the hearer.

The readings for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time treat us to a surfeit of riches. There is a beautiful passage from Zephaniah (2:3, 3:12-13), another from 1 Corinthians (1:26-31), and the ...