Lent calls Christians to employ “weapons of self-restraint:” prayer, fasting and good works. The greatest of these, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains, is the ever-growing awareness of God’s love.

Isn’t that the reason why we study the Bible? Within its pages, we learn how to be the best person the Lord created us to be.

This first Sunday of Lent takes us into the desert of today's world, where we are tempted by the devil, as Jesus was. But ...

We have just entered the season of Lent. It begs a question. Must one be a Christian in order to benefit from some of its ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you do something spiritual there’s always the temptation that you do it for glory. This may not be wrong but it’s better to do it for love. Sometimes we strive to do so ...

To be spiritual is perhaps to understand that we require more than the fuel for our physical bodies to truly ‘live’ – more than food, warmth and shelter – more even than the regular exercise, ...

And while many of us do not subscribe to the lenten story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert in a literal way, there is still something of great spiritual value in examining the tradition and ...