If a real word from the Lord were spoken today, would we recognize it or would we reject it for failing to confirm what we ...

The call to be a prophet is initiated by God: we can accept it or not. Most of those God has called to be prophets, from ...

The readings for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 8) focus on prophets. The text from Ezekiel tells us that, whether people listen or not has nothing to do with the truth of the prophet’s ...

Statue of Elijah on Mt Carmel. (Credit: Micah Camper from Unsplash.) Listen While every era of salvation history has its own unique focus and expression of prayer, none of the other epochs compare ...

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Because as the false prophets among us have packed up their decorations and pocketed the profits of Christmas, they continue ...

Many disastrous conflicts in human history were led by men who spoke as if they were directed by God to lead the slaughter. President Bush asserts that “I trust God speaks through me and without that, ...

I guess it's not difficult for any of us to see today where the Scriptures are leading us — obviously, to reflect on our call to be a disciple. Looking back at the first lesson, we have an example ...

The first lesson today is about a prophet, Jeremiah, and about prophecy, and the Gospel lesson is also about Jesus as a prophet and his prophetic work. We might think these lessons don't apply to us ...