In a time marked by anxiety, polarization and uncertainty, the ancient Christian claim that Jesus is “the light of the world” may sound poetic but distant. Yet this image, drawn from the heart of the ...

There are many instances in the gospels of Jesus restoring sight to the blind, but this is different. This man was blind from ...

It’s easy to forget how strange the story of Jesus’s resurrection is, or how it might sound to someone hearing it for the first time. The broad strokes — God became human, taught and healed, was ...

"Christmas lights, Christmas lights, everywhere you go. Up and down and all around, in ice and rain -- and sleet and snow. Why lights, someone asks, always at Christmas season? I can answer, not a ...

Catholics encounter the miracle of the Transfiguration every year on the Second Sunday of Lent. That Sunday’s Gospel early in Lent already points Christians — as Jesus pointed Peter, James and John — ...

During my freshman year in college I, along with some friends, decided it would be a great idea to hike the bluffs in Winona for a night of camping. We started our trek to the top after the sun had ...

“When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali — to fulfill ...

I was up early the other morning so I thought I’d build a fire in the wood stove as a nice surprise for my husband when he woke up. I opened the door of the stove and realized I hadn’t cleaned out the ...