The bishop asked President Trump publicly to “have mercy,” electrifying some liberal churchgoers in an era dominated by ...

A lynch mob went after Jesus because of his first homily, which came straight from the sacred writings (Luke 4:16-30). Jesus, ...

a city far beyond Nazareth and notable for its large non-Jewish population. Now that Jesus was back home — preaching in the synagogue, even — I’m sure they thought that he’d return to show ...

The columns of a partially restored, second- to fifth-century synagogue ... oldest Christian church still in daily use, but not all scholars are convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was born in ...

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...

The lectionary readings for Epiphany 3 in this Year C are 1 Cor 12.12–31a, and Luke 4.14–21, where Jesus returns from the ...

By Deacon Gary Stone FOR Australia Day 2025, coinciding with the Third Sunday of the Year, I was asked by the archdiocese to ...

The first is called the liturgy of the Word and the second the Eucharistic liturgy. In the first part a passage from the ...

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, ...

Going to church and praying is good and right ... Jesus went to the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth, where he read the scroll with the words of the Prophet Isaiah: "The Spirit of the Lord ...