YOUNGSTOWN — Leo Crocker has petted many farm animals in his 11 years. But the sixth-grader hadn’t seen a llama, and he enjoyed meeting one in person at Beatitude House’s Barnyard Birthday Bash. The ...

Certain passages throughout the four Gospels contain blessings and warnings that bring Jesus’ teaching into sharp focus. These passages are known as “Beatitudes,” a genre made famous in Jesus’ ...

Sunday, Feb. 16, is the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26. The Gospel passage today is Luke’s version ...

Sunday, Jan. 29, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a. The beatitudes in today’s Gospel are ...

The readings for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time treat us to a surfeit of riches. There is a beautiful passage from Zephaniah (2:3, 3:12-13), another from 1 Corinthians (1:26-31), and the ...

At the beginning of his ministry, Jesus Christ delivered a very important sermon, which is called the Sermon on the Mount. Christ addressed the people from the top of the hill. The central part of the ...

Open your Bible to Matthew 5 and you will never be the same. Gandhi and King called those passages the grandest manifesto of non-violence ever written -- beginning with the storied Beatitudes. Grand ...

A parish priest in South Carolina has developed a beatitude challenge that seeks to combat cultural misunderstanding of happiness and encourage Christians to pursue authentic joy. "The word 'happiness ...

As our prayer warriors say, stay blessed”. It is only recently, as recent as two weeks ago, that I noticed that in some of my email correspondence with friends, acquaintances and family members, I ...

A Christian mind asks questions, probes problems, confesses ignorance, feels perplexity on a regular basis and that is all very… A Christian mind asks questions, probes problems, confesses ignorance, ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. You may know Tarun 'Tspoon' Nayar from his much ...