Today is the Feast Day of the Conversion of Cornelius the Centurion. And, yes, it matters that he is not just “Cornelius,” but “Cornelius...

I missed writing about Timothy and Titus (26 January), John Chrysostom (27 January), and Thomas Aquinas (28 January). So let me just say...

Today is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. You will appreciate that I have some affinity with and affection for a Christian writer...

Today is the Feast of St. Stephen, one of the two sad days during the Twelve Days of Christmas. Unlike the other sad day, the Feast of...

Mark 14:22-25 isn’t a typical Advent passage, but it provides a few clues about the coming of the Lord: “While they were eating, Jesus...

In Mark 9:33-37, Jesus asks his disciples what they were talking about on the road. What they should have been talking about was what he...