Jesus called to Him those He Himself wanted — “that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons” (Mark 3:13-15). This ...

Photo by Daan Stevens on Unsplash. In today’s Gospel, Jesus offers a prayer just before he is arrested. While the Synoptic Gospels record the agony in the garden, when Jesus’ followers fall asleep as ...

“I will follow you wherever you go” (Luke 9:55). The readings for this Sunday display an intensity and urgency associated with vocation that few of us could claim. Elisha is recruited by the prophet ...

Today’s Gospel comes in two sizes: the short version (Matthew 4:12-17) and the long version (Matthew 4:12-23). I strongly encourage priests to add the extra 45 seconds and use the long version. There ...

Ethan Maple is lead pastor of Mt. Comfort Church. Easter may be behind us, but the power of Jesus’ resurrection remains. As I was going over the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ miraculous triumph over sin ...

I was browsing the book table at BJ’s the other day, looking for crossword puzzles for my upcoming plane trip, when I noticed another new title in the devotional series by author Sarah Young (Jesus ...

As we listen to these lessons today, especially the first lesson and the Gospel lesson, it's obvious that we're being asked to reflect on the whole idea of vocation, a calling coming from God. We hear ...

Jesus Calling never should have been a best seller. The small daily devotional book put out by Christian publishing house Thomas Nelson in 2004 had an unknown author, a cheesy premise, and the bad ...

The official liturgical season of “Christmas” is intense but short. We are already back in Ordinary Time (until the beginning of Lent on Feb. 17). Last Sunday’s Gospel, recounting the Baptism of Jesus ...

We learn in Mark 1, as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send ...