Mark: a masterpiece of storytelling   The Gospel of Mark is truly a masterpiece of storytelling. The whole gospel is organized around the cross. Jesus is racing, so it seems, toward the cross. This is why in the first half of the book, the word “immediately”...

  Genesis 22 contains one of the most confusing, and possibly scandalous, stories in the Bible. Is God so cruel as to demand a father to murder his son? Is Abraham wrong to obey so blindly? Could God command something like this again? Many questions arise from...

  We might ask, “If God is all-loving, why is there a hell?” Or, similarly, “Why do people die?” The Christian response has always been: because we choose to sin. Our purpose here is to delve into this mystery. In particular, we want to discuss what sin is, why...

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What is the liturgy? John Paul II once said that the liturgy is the privileged place for Christians to encounter God. This sounds great. But it might raise some questions in your mind. What does this mean? What is the liturgy and how can we encounter God in it? Put...