Luke 14:26 (RSV) If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. The same ...

According to the Gospels, Jesus foresaw his own death. In the Gospel of Matthew, for example, he shares with his disciples that “he must go to Jerusalem and suffer… and be killed and on the third day ...

On Friday, we walked to Calvary with Hans Küng as our guide on the passion and death of Jesus, his reflections in On Being a Christian pointing us to the critical, yet often scuttled, fact: Jesus died ...

Jesus tells his disciples in John 14:23-29 that he'll be leaving them soon, but he will not leave them alone, not leave them to their own devices. Jesus promises to send them an advocate, the Holy ...

When Jesus calls to a group of fishermen at the Sea of Galilee, they leave everything behind to follow him. The story is simple, but powerful. What was it about this man and his invitation that ...

In two key passages of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus leaves his Church with two great gifts. The first (Matthew 16:19) is addressed to St. Peter: I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ...

Jewish leaders falsely accuse Jesus of blasphemy at an illegal trial.

The Gospel of Good Friday (John 18:1 – 19:42) leaves off in a garden at a newly hewn tomb. Here Jesus has been laid to rest and his disciples must try to make some sense out of this ignominy. Perhaps ...

A researcher has pieced together the final moments leading up to Jesus' death and resurrection. The new map - based on Bible ...