This past Erev Shabbat — late Friday afternoon — the rains abated, which permitted us to renew our journey to Santa Barbara, ...

For Cardinal Mathieu, the end of the twelve-day war “has not dispelled the spectre of renewed hostilities. The question, ...

Ehyeh is the verb ‘to be’ in its future tense singular form and means ‘I will/might/may become the one who I may/will/might become,’ indicating that Ehyeh is The God of Potentialities, The God of ...

Theologians call this verse the Protoevangelium —the first gospel. It is the earliest announcement of redemption, the first ...

Moses was tending flocks when he was called to be deliverer to his people (Exodus 3:1). The Exodus journey itself is defined ...

The term “interesting” is inadequate to describe the phenomenon of Christmas celebrations around the world. More than 160 of ...

Genesis HealthCare, a large, troubled nursing home chain with 49 facilities across New England and a history of serious health violations, succeeded in an unusual legal action — selling the chain to ...

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In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

The Levites were the officers responsible for the fulfillment of the commandments of war. From here we learn that yeshiva ...

God becomes flesh, and God grants us knowledge of himself. In Bethlehem, the immortal Creator of all is manifest in a mortal creature. The Lord shows himself forth in all his works, but in the ...