A home is not the same as a house; home, the expression goes, is where the heart is. Our longing for home, and the reason we try to fill that longing with so many temporal things, is because we were made for somewhere else. Our loss of home, through sin,......
Visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel, St. John Paul II spoke of the “extreme need for silence.” That should be something of our attitude during these sacred days. Contemplating the Cross, and our part in it, and standing with Mary, we venerate God the Son hanging there because......
We are about to enter Holy Week, the most sacred time in the liturgical year. Perhaps we’ve failed in much of what we hoped for during Lent? Now is the time to begin again! For Christians, all we celebrate during this time is not a past event, but a “making......
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Our GoFundMe appeal to pay all the salaries for the staff at the St. George’s Medical Clinic in Bartella, Iraq, was a huge success, thanks, once again, to all those who support us at Nasarean. We raised a total of $18,777! Please see some of the pictures of the staff......
St. John's gospel, Chapter 5, gives us a powerful scene of healing and new life. The sick man at the Pool of Bethesda, where angels “disturbed the water” to bring healing, is touched by Jesus after years of sickness. Human suffering will never leave us, but Jesus is very clear......