In the end, the Samaritan woman is amazed at Jesus’ capacity to answer her deepest questions and free her from worldly pains ...

We may think we know about the Samaritan woman that Jesus met at the well. But do we? We usually think of her as a sinful ...

Around noontime, the apostles went into town to buy food, and Jesus sat by a well. As Jesus rested, a woman of Samaria came to the well to draw some water. “Give me a drink,” ...

In his letter to the Romans today, Paul reminds us that “the love of God has been poured out into our hearts” (Rom 5:5). Filled with divine love, and made in the divine image, we all are created for ...

The Gospels for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can vary (though not this year). Because Lent is the immediate period of preparation of catechumens for Baptism at the Easter Vigil, the ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Lent 3 is John 4.5-42, probably the longest reading in the lectionary! The epistle is ...

We are called to be bold witnesses to our faith in Jesus and the Gospel He preached and lived, not merely through our words but through our actions. The ...

Over the next three weeks, by ancient custom, the Gospel readings are all from John. They were proclaimed alongside the final ...

In a recent article, Timothy Radcliffe, OP, recommends that Christians preach the kingdom of God by reaching out in friendship (“The Art of Friendship,” The Tablet, 4 Feb 2023). “Today relationships ...

For many men and women, abortion is a secret carried in silence. It may be years, even decades in the past, but the memory ...