“… And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and ...

Pope Francis invites us to gaze upon the heart of Christ, a heart that reveals the depth and beauty of God’s love in his new encyclical Dilexit Nos (He Loved Us). This is no distant or abstract love, ...

Opening up was never easy for me growing up. When writing, a common feedback I’d get from my teachers is wanting to hear more of my voice. In seminary, my homiletics professor encouraged me to share ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media “I have loved you.” The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” begins ...

Christians are meant to be known for the way they love everyone, and not just their fellow Christians. This love should be especially given to those in need. They should learn from Christ who, at the ...

This is the conclusion of a four-part series which explores various aspects of how we draw others to God, Jesus Christ, and the Church He founded. In the first part I indicated the importance of ...

“God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” This classic distinction, which has influenced Christian theology in all sorts of ways, makes a big deal about the ...

Today is the feast day of San Martín de Porres of Peru, the illegitimate child of Anna Valezquez, a formerly enslaved Afro-Panamanian woman, and a Spanish nobleman who abandoned the family after ...

This is the time of year that the days and nights start to overlap from winter to spring, and the seasons of the church year have begun to blend once more. So, it only makes sense that my series on ...

Mothers can turn to the Bible for encouragement in the challenging task of raising children. Scripture is filled with a number of verses that compare God's love for his people with the love a mother ...

For the second consecutive year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has extended an invitation to its members for the Easter season to remember the meaning of greater love and to share ...