Jan. 25 at 5:30pm, Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Jan. 25, Conversion of St. Paul: There are ...

All too often the story of theology has been told as though it were purely cerebral. “Brains on a string,” as someone once quipped. The flesh and the mind of the church are sundered. Margaret Miles ...

Lord of my word, inventor of all words,/ Supreme Creator of the Word, Oh God/ Who made our words to be as free as birds,/ To sing, and wing and ring when angels nod! –Claude McKay, The Word I am ...

"The Gospel doesn't just contain ideas worth remembering," says Henri Nouwen in Reaching Out. profound human experience: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. . . and we beheld his glory." The ...

The mystery of the Incarnation is inseparable from the mystery of the Annunciation. Without Mary’s consent, the overshadowing Holy Spirit would not have conceived Jesus in her womb. The Word would not ...

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:14). On Christmas Day and in Christ’s ...