"The Gospel's message is clear: Love is not simply something we feel or say. Love is something we do," the senior pastor at State College Presbyterian Church writes.

When asked what the most important commandment was, by Pharisees who sought to trick him, Jesus responded that it was to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all ...

The new book "Light For Today: 365 Daily Devotions from the Lighthouse" was a labor of love — to see God in the everyday challenges of life and to reconcile the inner pains and normal stresses with ...

One of the great mysteries to believers and nonbelievers is that of evil and suffering. If there is a God who is omnipotent and omniscient, how can he tolerate evil, injustice and the suffering of the ...

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We have a complicated relationship with what people call God. Not all of us, of course. But certainly most of us. Even those who would consider themselves to be devoutly religious struggle with what ...

Barron's passion is reaching out to younger generations to help them grow in their faith, just as he did for actor Shia Labeoff, who converted to Catholicism under his watch. Barron also wants to help ...

“For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay each according to his conduct.” Find today’s readings here. When I graduated from the Jesuit School of ...

God put you on Earth to love you. You are a child of God, no matter who you are or where you are from, you are valuable. According to the New Testament, in particular the Gospel and Letters of John, ...

Religious types insist that God is not deficient in anything and is not dependent on anybody. They point out that worship: acknowledges truth, benefits us, brings others closer to God, brings us joy, ...