As our Lenten observance continues, the celebration of the Resurrection gets closer. So far, through the Gospel readings in the liturgy, we’ve moved from the desert to the mountain top. Today, we’re ...

Sunday, July 5, is the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14; Romans 8:9, 11-13; and Matthew 11:25-30. Meekness, like humility, has suffered a ...

One recent morning, as I headed to my college dining hall to grab a bowl of cereal for breakfast, I slipped and crumpled into an awkward contortion of limbs on the cold linoleum floor. It was only ...

“Meekness is not weak, timid or passive,” said Elder Bednar. “Meekness is the quality of being God-fearing, righteous, teachable, patient in suffering and willing to follow gospel teachings.” To ...

In the years preceding the American Civil War, the unity of several American Christian denominations was sundered over the question of slavery. Here is one, quite strident, voice from that era. It is ...

Jesus brings peace to today's shattered world through meekness and not through an "armed peace" that seeks to subjugate others, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience April 13, the pope ...

Meekness is not a quality that is at the top of virtues most people would like to acquire. My own thoughts have been along the line of weak, unassertive, super humble and timid. The fact that the meek ...

During his Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis emphasized that salvation is a gift from the Lord which we ought to receive with humility and obedience, just as Mary did.

I am struggling over what it means to be a Catholic striving for meekness and humility while also being a business leader. It seems that meekness does not get results — and pride definitely fuels ...

What to do with the anger that saps strength. My grandmother was great, but she had that special mother-in-law gift of raising my mother’s blood pressure. A well-timed comment about cooking or ...