The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko gives us a glimpse of a sudden experience of the kingdom of heaven — in Stalin's Russia, in the midst of war.

Satan daily attacks God’s Kingdom through infiltration, by planting imitators in the Church. Tares are sown among the wheat till harvest.

The old man in the Temple, Simeon, holds the infant Lord in his arms. He embraces the Christ Child in his arms.

In this meditation, Fr. Scott Haynes explains the spiritual lessons we can learn from the way Christ calms the storm and allays fear.

When you pass on the message of the Gospel, get it right!

Cornelius expected those under him to be obedient because he was obedient to those over him. We're under the authority of our Lord Jesus.

From Adam and Eve, man's life flowed toward the Dead Sea of sin and perdition, as Jordan River does. Christ's baptism changes the course.

The celebration of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, reminds and challenges us to value our family life, hidden from the world.

The stars led the magi to the Star of Jacob, like the Greeks of Athens, to whom St. Paul would preach, came to desire the “Unknown God.”

Catholics treasure the old custom of blessing gold, frankincense and myrrh on the feast of the Epiphany.

The Scripture teaches us that the three Wise Men discover Jesus "together with His Mother” (Mt. 2:11).

For many, Christmas is a feast of self-indulgence. Let us think of the Christ Child’s poverty and humility and offer a gift of praise.

Children cannot resist the lure of the crib. To them its chief attraction lies in the fact that it tells a story, and a story with a baby.

See the Christmas miracle through the eyes of the Shepherds of Levi. These men chosen by God to kneel by Jesus' cradle.

Let us prepare for His return in glory, so that we "will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Cor 1:8).

Mary’s fullness of grace prepared the New Covenant Daughter of Zion for something the Old Covenant people of God could never have fathom.

In the artistic patrimony of the Church we find a tradition of depicting the royal genealogy of Jesus Christ as the “Jesse Tree."

Two classes of people were able to discern the importance of Christ’s birth—the humble and the wise.

Among the ruins of Pompei there are markings on the wall of what was once a tavern. These jottings show the debts unpaid.

Considering the teachings of St. Basil the Great and St. Augustine, Fr. Scott Haynes explains the parable of the wheat and tares.