She’s the subject of the most-recited prayer in the world, but Mary also might be one of the least-known women in history, ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

Matthew 27:46-49 (RSV) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, la’ma sabach-tha’ni?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” [47] And some of the bystanders ...

A number of the medieval Flowers of Our Lady have been associated with the feasts or seasons of the liturgical year for which they are in bloom, and for which their characteristic forms or colors have ...

On Easter morning, Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb of Jesus and finds it empty. In this episode, we walk with Mary Magdalene as she goes to care for the body of Jesus. Walk with Mary and share in her ...

One of the most interesting relationships in the Bible is that of Martha, Mary and Lazarus of Bethany with our Lord. Clearly their relationship was special because it is mentioned in all four of the ...

Sheridan squibs that herculean task. Understandably. His first half instead is a very empathetic reading of three major figures of foundation Christianity, Jesus, his mother Mary and St Paul.

If you believe, as I do, that Jesus was the son of God, then it’s instructive to consider the man and woman God chose to serve as earthly caregivers for his child. Theoretically, the Lord could have ...

THE BASICS: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the North American 50 th anniversary touring production of the 1970 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, presented by Shea’s and Albert Nocciolino opened on ...

You couldn’t blame the listeners for the inevitable eye rolls they surely had trouble holding back. On an April evening in 1987, an unsuspecting public could tune into BBC Radio 1 DJ Janice Long’s ...