Jesus’ mission has begun, and he has chosen Apostles to perpetuate it. Today, we hear the Sermon on the Mount. Because the current Lectionary tries to reach each Gospel relatively continuously, ...

This is Danish artist Carl Heinrich Bloch’s depiction of Jesus Christ giving the Sermon on the Mount. Bloch lived from 1834-90. (Courtesy Photo) Told in its entirety only in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on ...

The Pharisees are often used to represent the pinnacle of religious achievement. They were scrupulous in keeping the Law of Moses. In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7), however, Jesus ...

Can a document written over 2,000 years ago still be meaningful today? What is it in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in the Bible that still speaks to us? Our ways of living, our languages, our cultures ...

It’s a common saying that a homilist should prepare to preach with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This week, as I was praying and meditating about our Lord’s teaching about being ...

As the Church walks through the great Sermon on the Mount in the Mass, we are all reminded of the way of love and the life that we are called to live as followers of the Lord Jesus. It is an immense ...

Have you heard the latest from some folks of the “Jesus-is-my savior/Trump-is-my-president” persuasion? They’re claiming the Sermon on the Mount was lily-livered liberalism. You can’t make this stuff ...

Joshua Dubois, center, introduces members of the new President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office Feb. 5. (CNS, courtesy White ...

Sean Fletcher explores the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ most famous and revolutionary collection of teachings, and meets Christians striving to live them out. Show more Sean Fletcher returns to Ripon ...