The readings for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 8) focus on prophets. The text from Ezekiel tells us that, whether people listen or not has nothing to do with the truth of the prophet’s ...

If you remember last Sunday's gospel, especially at the end of it, today's gospel is rather jarring. Last Sunday we heard about a Jesus who was very gentle. Who took a little child as a symbol of all ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

One of the challenges of preachers in Catholic churches and many Protestant churches is that they must preach each Sunday on the Scripture readings in the Common Lectionary rather than simply use ...

Sunyani, Bono, Aug 19, GNA-A Catholic Priest has urged prophets in Ghana to be guided by Christian ethics and exhibit a high sense of maturity, civility and prudence in discharging and interpreting ...

There is a sobering story about Jesus as a prophet figure being shunned by the very people he grew up with — his own neighbors. It’s in Matthew’s Gospel, Chapter 13, where we read: “Coming to his ...

"Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem" by Horace Vernet, 1844. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia/Creative Commons) (RNS) — In the Catholic weekday liturgy, we are currently hearing from Prophet Jeremiah, who ...

We’ve all heard the stories about prophets from the Old Testament. They were charged with giving people warnings to mend their ways. The prophets were very specific about the transgressions that ...