One of the most beautiful and inspiring illustrations of the power of prayer is told about King Chizkiyahu (Berakhot 10). Faced with a divine death sentence that Isaiah describes as irrevocable, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Sunday, Jan. 14, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42 The first reading speaks to us of ...

This week, BuildingChurchLeaders.com and some of our sister sites are joining to think seriously about Scripture. An exciting foray into this topic begins with an interactive assessment: The ...

God is always speaking to us. One reason we worry, feel fear and experience disjointedness and confusion is that we don’t realize that the answers to our questions and the balm for our suffering are ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When you are in danger of drifting spiritually, you must listen to God’s Word, look at the signs which confirm that message, and then stop to assess whether or not you’re drifting. When you come to a ...

Some of my readers may not have any idea how I got started writing this column. I’ve been a writer since I could hold a pencil. Although I knew God would use it for His purpose one day, I had no idea ...

Laura Kelly Fanucci is an author, speaker, and retreat facilitator. She earned her BA from the University of Notre Dame and her Master of Divinity from Saint John's School of Theology in Collegeville, ...

Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to listen more closely to God and others — and to 'disarm' their language by fasting from words that wound — in his message for Lent 2026. Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims ...

Photo by Dulcey Lima, courtesy of Unsplash. Chelsea is Mexican American on her father’s side and Native American on her mother’s. She is Catholic by upbringing and Native through a slow assimilation ...