Sexual abuse has scattered the flock. Those responsible must not be allowed to guard the sheep.

Jesus sends apostell his messengers apostoloi out into the world to share his message and his ministry but the sending of the apostles is not so much about traveling vast distances as it is about being present for the people around them Wherever you live that is the place evangelization occ

If you want to be transformed by the Messiah the first step is to recognize the Messiah in your midst This means being ready to encounter the Son of God wherever you are and whatever time it is This means inclining not just your ear for God rsquo s voice but your heart for God rsquo s presence D

God is for us and for life God after all ldquo did not make death and he does not delight in the death of the living rdquo Death is our enemy and God has joined with us to battle against it The Gospel of Mark invites us to see how God is fighting for us through the stories of a Jewish woman

The first sign that the kingdom of God is not what you expect comes not so much in Jesus rsquo use of parables to describe it but in the content of those parables Why describe a kingdom by comparing it to the most ordinary of things like shrubs seeds and nesting birds It is a sign that God is n

Even before Darwin scientists were studying the origin of species and though some might think there is a perpetual and permanent war between science and religion it is simply not the case St John Paul II asked in a letter to George V Coyne S J director of the Vatican Observatory ldquo If