In the Beatitudes, Jesus preached, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs." (Matt 5:3-10) This statement challenges our modern world in profound ways. We live in a ...

After his baptism and confirmation, Jesus was said to be “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 4:1 ... anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to ...

But also as the quintessential benefactor figure." Unlike Matthew's Jesus, who blesses the poor in spirit, Luke's Jesus simply blesses the poor. After a series of blessings addressing the peoples ...

While Professor Grift doesn’t explicitly name the “spirit ... poor? There’s only one logical reason why an omnipotent, all-knowing entity would give white people a pass: Apparently, Jesus ...

For example, the Jesus Seminar comes out in saying that the three beatitudes of the Sermon on the Plain -- the blessing of the poor ... a community that got the spirit, that spoke in tongues ...

What caused Dorothy Day to stand out in her time, as it does still, is the way her spiritual life was expressed not only in ...

As we look to new elected leaders in our country (I have no idea the results of Nov. 5 as I write this!), we undoubtedly need ...

he saw the Spirit of God descend on him “like a dove” and heard the voice of God proclaim, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” The divine encounter launched Jesus on a ...

Tinsley: It was Halloween, Oct. 31, 1517. A little-known monk left a monastery in Germany and walked the few blocks to ...