When I was first ordained, I was petrified to hear confessions. Wouldn’t it be ugly and embarrassing?

With new horrors unfolding in Syria and the canonization of Mother Teresa, today's readings seem especially relevant to our current events.

The themes in the Gospel of Luke are "abundantly clear," says Paulist Fr. Rich Andre in this week's homily. "Everyone has a place at the...

The key to salvation? Discipleship. To have a personal relationship with God.

Instead of focusing on how Mary may be different from the rest of us, we need to look for what we have in common with...

When we disagree with other people around us, how can we be sure that we are the ones being true to the gospel?

Jesus instructs us to simplify our lives and to trust in God. He uses the phrase, “gird your loins.” In today’s language it might be...

Our readings this week are on a theme older than Christianity itself: the danger of wealth.

Today we focus on the Gospel of Luke being the gospel of prayer. Our first reading is the ultimate example of what happens when we’re...

Luke is considered the gospel of women, because Jesus interacts with more women in Luke’s gospel than in the other three gospels.

Who are the Samaritans in our lives today? When Jesus says that we are supposed to love everyone as he loved us, who are the...

The gospel of Luke is sometimes called “the gospel of the Holy Spirit,” and the Holy Spirit is definitely present in today’s gospel passage.