If you’re confused by a turn of phrase in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” or a startling metaphor in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” just ask the book to explain itself, and it will.

And we are told how we are meant to follow these instructions: “Wait on God, with patience… Trust God and God will help you.” ...

It’s not an abstraction; it’s love in its most extreme action. With these words Jesus establishes an extraordinary standard for compassion. We may find it difficult enough to love good friends, or ...

But Francis was also echoing St. Peter’s own recognition of his sinfulness, as he responded to Jesus when he first called him ...

We lived as spirit sons and daughters of God in heaven before we came to earth. A veil of forgetfulness is drawn over our memory of our pre-existence with God to allow us to live by faith, which is ...

Psalm 136:1 says: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” ...