Incredibly, Jesus himself simply calls us friends. “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business,” Jesus said. “Instead, I have called you friends ...

But the friendship Jesus speaks of comes with a condition attached. In articulating what Gail R. O’Day calls his “theology of friendship,” Jesus says if we are his friends, we will do what ...

The Lord Jesus came to seek and save the lost. He came to ransom sinners and heal what was broken. The Lord came to us as a man. He lived a holy life.

As Jesus begins his public ministry, He encounters some regular, ordinary guys who will do extraordinary things. Simon and his brother Andrew, fishers of fish, are the first. Jesus calls them ...

Jesus, however, simply finds his friends and, rather than storming the world, tells them to share the good news. To live this way is difficult, especially for those of us who use social media.

In the Father's house — he says to his friends, and to each one of us — there is space for you, you are welcome, you will always be received with the warmth of an embrace, and I am in Heaven ...

Pope Francis’ short speech honored the former pontiff, whose life’s work was meditating on the life of Jesus, and who faced many challenges before retiring in 2013.