It could be seen as ironic that this scripture, one toward the beginning of a book of the Bible is placed on the Church’s liturgical calendar on the last Sunday of the year, Christ the King Sunday. Yet, it affirms that, to truly begin to talk about what we do as a Church, we must address first whose we are and who we are because of that truth. Christ the King Sunday comes on the same week that we in the American context celebrate Thanksgiving. This scripture points out that it is precisely...

All four of the Gospels tell of how Jesus prayed prior to the crucifixion. Jesus’ prayer in the garden of Gethsemane in the synoptic...

Especially as the Church enters the season of Advent, this prayer can spur us on not only to immerse into a season of anticipation but a...