While the Bible is a single volume, it is composed of sixty-six individual books. And those books can be categorized into different genres: law, history/narrative, poetry, wisdom literature, prophecy, ...

This Sunday, the readings highlight the Judeo-Christian wisdom tradition found in Scripture. Wisdom literature takes many forms in the Bible. One form is as a set of “sayings,” aphorisms and proverbs, ...

Last Sunday, we celebrated Pentecost which commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit. The feast reminds us that God is ever-present in our lives, hopefully informing and inspiring our actions. This ...

Recently the NPR program "Science Friday" featured a young biologist named Danielle Lee. In the course of talking about the excitement of her career, she commented that individual curiosity is the ...

The readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time speak to God’s wisdom and His Kingdom – image courtesy of Vecteezy.com. The readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time remind us that ...

The Bible describes itself as a lamp for our feet and a light for our path ahead (see Psalm 119:105). That is powerful imagery used to describe how the Scriptures bring light to our dark circumstances ...

The Bible can be a challenging book to read, especially without any guidance. It may appear to be a book of strange stories that don't have any real impact on our everyday lives. Yet, the Bible is ...

The protégé effect is not a recent discovery. Saint Augustine taught it centuries ago. I am always amazed when I go to the greats of the past and discover something that we thought was new to our own ...