At Christmastime, we’re surrounded by sights and sounds that remind us not only that God loves us but also all of his creation. It was Psalm 98 that sent the English poet Isaac Watts to his desk in ...

Jesus chose to reveal his divine majesty not through miracles or wondrous deeds but on the cross where God's love for humanity was manifested, Pope Francis said. Throughout his ministry, Christ walked ...

I believe we are made of two things: love and light. Perhaps that sounds like wispy new-age speak, but my personal sense of ...

Contrary to popular belief that “all religions are the same”, Christianity is distinct from the way other religions think about and understand the nature of God. For example, the first difference is ...

Imagine if our attitude and actions determine God’s love for us. If that was the case, we would all feel unloved and would be constantly searching for ways to gain God’s love. We may think that no ...

To be convinced God loves you, it is necessary to turn away from your subjective feelings and look with the eyes of faith at ...

On Wednesday, Pope Francis said that God's love isn't something we earn or deserve by our good works, but that it is free and unconditional – no matter what. "God's first step towards us is that of an ...

“I can’t stay.” That is how the student would begin and end our conversation, and, however long it lasted, the same words were used as a refrain throughout our talk, as though to underscore the ...

“Except as we have loved,” writes Mary Oliver, “all news arrives as from a distant land.” We can only know what we have loved, in other words. The sense of this—that without the act of opening we know ...

Voltaire famously said that if God didn’t exist then we’d have to invent one. No way we could handle the Exile, being out of paradise on our own. Candide minding his own garden while war, rapine, ...

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience as it is livestreamed from the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican April 8, 2020. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.) Listen ROME — Jesus ...