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

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

“He’s known for his benedictions,” my husband said. I didn’t know someone could specialize in benedictions, the brief blessings given at the end of a service. I wondered what made his specia ...

along with the apostolic benediction of Second Corinthians 13:14, it is the basis of the so-called Apostles’ Creed, which is so clearly trinitarian. The Bible is our authority. A Bible that is ...

There is actually no direct evidence that the Twelfth Benediction was reformulated or originally used for the purpose of ... This view becomes basic to his magisterial commentary, The Epistles of John ...

By The Council Of Bishops  Last week, the Reverend Donnie Swaggart, pastor of Family Worship Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ...

The Rev. D.G. Hollums, pastor at Zia United Methodist Church, blesses shelter pup Rory during a blessing of the animals at St. John's United Methodist Church on Saturday. The blessing, which ...

There was a new demand for orthodoxy, and other groups, as well as Christians, were being suppressed. The effect of the anti-Christian addition to benediction twelve seems to have varied among the ...

Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he ...

Engathe Nzanchi Bible (ENB), a Lotha translation of the Bible based on the New King James Version, was released on October 24, by Dr. Yanbemo Lotha, associate pastor of Lotha Baptist Church (LBC) ...

Sharad Navratri Kanya Pujan is also called Kanjak Pujan or Kumari Puja. It is an important ritual that is done during the festival of Navratri. In this rite, little girls (usually between 2 and 10 ...

The Sickle of BOOOAL is a Rare quality melee weapon in Baldur’s Gate 3 that comes with a special enchantment known as BOOOAL’s Benediction. The enchantment grants the user Advantage on Attack ...