Prophets speak on behalf of someone. If you're baptized, you're a prophet of God. So what are you speaking?

If you imagine a world of peace and harmony, then you need a world beyond this one. You need to imagine heaven.

The heroes of 9/11 had been practicing a long time before that fateful day. Words of belief must be put into action.

In the beginning, God created. But then sin entered the world and, ever after, we have been constantly in need of recreation.

Receiving Holy Communion means we are committed to acting a certain way. We leave Mass sent on mission.

The same God who created everything out of nothing by his Word changes bread and wine into God by the words spoken at every Mass.

God chose Mary to be the vessel through whom he took on flesh and entered this world. He, of course, prepared Mary for this great mission.

It turns out that a Garth Brooks concert has a lot to teach us about the Mass and about the life of faith that Jesus wants to share with us.

The Word of God is much more than text on a page. The Word is a person. That person is made present at Mass in the Liturgy of the Word.

Where does the Mass come from, and why do we do what we do? Today I consider the history of the Mass and explain the Introductory Rites.