This is a week of favorite saints. May 25: The Venerable Bede (673-735) is the father of English history. May 26: St. Philip Neri, the jolly, joking saint who loved the catacombs. May 27: St.

The Bible clearly tells us we can’t fathom the mind, power and deep mysteries of God (Job 11:7), yet the majority of us tend to put the Almighty in a box when we think about how He will communicate ...

On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis offered advice on how to distinguish the voice of the Holy Spirit from “the voice of the spirit of evil.” Speaking from a wheelchair in front of the main ...

Can the Spirit of God be at work when we see marvelous things side-by-side with elements that rightfully raise caution? We are living in extraordinary times, perhaps a moment of history that is ripe ...

We talk about how we never want to be lukewarm “In Christ.” We know that disgusts Jesus. In Revelation, it says He will spew us out of His mouth. It makes me think He wants to vomit. You see when we ...

Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong has taken on a huge project: how to talk theologically about the Holy Spirit, the elusive and mysterious force that Christians believe is the part of the Holy Trinity ...

In his homily Thursday Pope Francis stressed the need to be open to the novelty of the Holy Spirit, by discerning new movements and directions without being immediately closed off from them. Francis ...

I think most of us like this Gospel, especially the final part where Jesus says to Thomas, "You believe because you've seen." But then he goes on to say, "But blessed are those who have not seen but ...

The earliest Christians believed that Christ, although no longer present in the flesh, remained among them. Many words described this presence, but one of the most common was Spirit. New Testament ...