Sunday, Feb. 18, is the First Sunday of Lent (Year B). Mass Readings: Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained ...

Last Friday we started looking into the biblical way to respond to the truth that Jesus is God’s Son. Paul clarified that in Acts 20:20-21: “I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was ...

I feel like I do not fulfill all the requirements when repenting for certain sins as two of the requirements are 1. Give up the sin and 2. Be determined not to do it again 3. Regret the sin. But for ...

“You can be certain that at the forefront of every significant recovery from backsliding…the doctrine of repentance has been among the precious truths that God has quickened and used.” – Richard Owen ...

The word ‘‘repent’’ has the puritanical flavor of guilt and punishment. It’s a pill of a word with a bad aftertaste, a turnoff to Christianity. Recently, I discovered that the original Greek word in ...

The Greek verb for “to repent,” metanoeô, has the basic meanings of “change of heart,” “turn from one’s sins” or “change one’s ways.” Often, though, these meanings direct us to focus only on the ...

A former papal representative to the U.S. has written an open letter to Archbishop Theodore McCarrick that urges the archbishop to repent publicly of the sexual abuse and misconduct of which he stands ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. First of all, you should know that ...