Of all the direct descendants of King David, St. Joseph was outstandingly and beyond all comparison the most faithful, the most just, the most obedient, the most holy. As a good observant Jew, and lover of the Law of God, St. Joseph would gladly make the long journey to the Temple in Jerusalem each year...

The Gospel of the woman taken in adultery, following the Gospel of the Prodigal Son, is a very suitable one for the Year of Mercy. Like the parable of the Prodigal Son, this episode seems to capture, with wonderful simplicity, the essence of Jesus’ message and mission...

Today we begin our orderly reading, on Sundays in Ordinary Time, through the Gospel of St. Luke. We omit for now the infancy narrative found in Luke’s first two Chapters. We heard it all very recently...

Eight days after the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph took him to be circumcised. So we hear the brief Gospel account of that read on the Octave Day of Christmas. But today the Church invites us to look beyond...