You may well have missed it, but an astounding phenomenon took place in the Torah a few weeks ago. Nearly thirty-eight years passed without comment from the text. In one fell swoop, the Torah jumps ...

Whenever the Israelites' "wilderness wandering" comes up, it presents a golden opportunity--especially in the current U.S. political climate --to talk about immigration. This kind of preaching and ...

Lent is a time to prepare for spiritual transformation, whether this will be signified by the sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil or by other rites and signs of conversion. But in order to ...