Among the anniversaries in the Church’s calendar of holy days, the ascension of Jesus Christ probably causes modern Christians more embarrassment than joy. Coming forty days after Easter, Ascension ...

“Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord” (Daniel 3:57). A sense of the entire cosmos pervades this canticle taken from the Book of Daniel, which the Liturgy of the Hours proposes for Sunday morning ...

This article is the third in an ongoing series on the atonement, following Richard Mouw’s “Violence and the Atonement” [January/February 2001] and Hans Boersma’s “The Disappearance of Punishment” ...

The gospel has never made the claim that God is going to eradicate suffering and death in this world. On the contrary, it tells us that creation is groaning in eager expectation for the sons of God to ...

Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ—which gorily depicts the sufferings of Jesus during his last days—opens tomorrow amid great anticipation and controversy. But how did Jesus’ anguish on the cross ...

Before Mass begins, I try to converse with whoever might be standing in the back of church. On a weekday without school, that might only be the altar servers. I often ask, “What have you got planned ...

The Christmas holiday is coming upon us, with colorful lights, joyful carols and people going to churches to celebrate the birth of Jesus (Prophet Isa). It is well known, particularly in this holiday ...

The practice of tattooing has nearly always been rejected in Christian tradition. The usual proof text is Leviticus 19:28: “You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks ...

Christian leaders in the city where Jesus Christ was born are saying the cancelation of Christmas celebrations is a meditation on the spiritual meaning of the holiday amid bloodshed in the region. The ...