Let’s face it, there are not many families like The Brady Bunch or Leave it to Beaver. There are no families with the perfect moms and dads and all the kids who never do anything wrong. We like to ...

God never tries to overwhelm us. More than anyone else, God respects our freedom. God lies everywhere, inside us and around ...

Can you imagine your pastor reciting the Lord’s Prayer in church today? “Our Daddy, who art in heaven …”? We don’t talk to God that way, do we? “Father,”yes, but not “Daddy.” Now we know that even the ...

To call God “He” is not mere habit but inheritance. From Genesis to Gethsemane, Scripture speaks of the Father, the Son, the King, the Lord. The masculine language of faith is ontological, not ...

Father’s Day is this Sunday, and as we remember our own fathers, may we take time to contemplate what it means that God is our Father. Throughout both the Old and New Testaments God is referred to as ...

The Lord's Prayer is the prayer of the Church, confirming a person's identity as a beloved child of God, and reminding Catholics of the responsibility owed toward their brothers and sisters in Christ, ...

Every wonder how many Our Fathers you have prayed during your life? If you’ve said it daily, maybe several times a day since you were a child, that adds up well into the ten thousands of times — for ...

God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to pay the penalty of sin so that we who believe in Him can be with Him forever (John ...

To call God our “Father” is remarkable. When we consider the Romans’ understanding of fatherhood, the Christian practice is even more profound. Shortly after she prayed the sinner’s prayer as a child, ...

Christians have good reasons to resist gender-neutral alternatives. Underlying this view is a belief that terms like father and mother are mere human characterizations of God, shaped by specific ...