The Gospel lesson today seems almost kind of harsh, and kind of puts us off a bit because Jesus seems to make it so clear that some of us could refuse to follow his way and never enter into the ...

Sunday, Aug. 25, is the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass readings: Isaiah 66:18-21; Psalm 117:1-2; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30. Today’s Gospel reading includes the Lord’s teaching ...

VATICAN CITY — The way to heaven is difficult and the gate to enter small, but Jesus’ mother, Mary, who herself entered through the narrow gate, will help those who ask, Pope Francis said Sunday. Mary ...

We all face an either or decision and there are only two possible choices. In Matthew 7, Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to ...

The way to eternal life is narrow because it is demanding, requires commitment and denial of one’s own selfishness, Pope Benedict XVI said today in his Sunday angelus address. He was referring to ...

Following Christ in a life of love, mercy and truth is the ‘identity card’ needed to be friends with Jesus and the ‘passport’ to enter eternal life. Pope greets religious leaders from Kazakhstan.

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only ...

21st Sunday, Ordinary Time Today’s readings present a certain tension. On the one hand, there are images of salvation reaching to all parts of the world – the gathering of “nations of every language” ...

The way to heaven is difficult and the gate to enter small, but Jesus' mother, Mary, who herself entered through the narrow gate, will help those who ask, Pope Francis said Sunday. Mary can be invoked ...

One day one of our sisters told me she wondered whether people listened to one another in the participatory prayer of the faithful. She wished she could test if they were really praying together ...