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 ...

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis Pope Francis began a new series of catechesis on the eight beatitudes from Matthew’s Gospel, saying the beatitudes are a message for all of humanity.

Editor's note: This homily was given at a July 21 Mass celebrating the 313th anniversary of St. Anne Parish in Detroit. As I mentioned in introducing the Gospel today, it seems to me that Jesus is ...