The call to a vocation to the priesthood comes from God. God makes the first move. God extends the invitation.

At the wedding, his blessing felt long, but mostly because I was impatient to walk back down the aisle to our recessional, the piano line in Coldplay’s “Clocks.” The blessing’s final words ...

“Defenders of exclusive use of the King James Version… frequently appeal to Psalm 12:6-7 as a proof text for their doctrine that God promised perfectly pure preservation of the Hebrew and Greek texts ...

The blessing of holy water usually takes place ... Whoever believes in me, as Scripture says: ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.'" He said this in reference to the Spirit that ...

Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place. — Jeremiah 19:3 ...

People do crazy things for love. In the ancient world, Jacob worked for Laban seven years to marry his daughter Rachel—and ...

Every election season since I left the final church I was a part of in 2019 is a reminder of why I don’t think I could ever ...

Dearly beloved, our God loves every man woman and child on this earth. He wants to pour out his love and blessings on every ...

The leader may use these or similar words to introduce the blessing: This tree is a blessing ... and the wisdom of the Scriptures. We praise you for Jesus Christ, your Son: he is Emmanuel, God ...

One of the people who brought a pet to the event was Laura Ivanovskis, of Foxboro, who brought her cairn terrier, Fiona.

Amanda, Chrystel and Sally all graduated from Hancock County High School in 1997.

The blessing scam is an elaborate piece of criminal street theatre. A gang of usually three women act out a well-rehearsed script in Cantonese for an audience of one - the unsuspecting victim.