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A Christian apologist shared how he overcame doubts and found his way back to believing in Jesus Christ in the midst of unanswered questions about his faith. 

A Christian apologist shared how he overcame doubts and found his way back to believing in Jesus Christ in the midst of unanswered questions about his faith. 

Last Supper, also called Lord’s Supper, in the New Testament, the final meal shared by Jesus and his disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem, the occasion of the institution of the Eucharist. The story of the Last Supper on the night before Christ’s crucifixion is reported in four books of the New Testament (Matthew 26:17–29; Mark 14:12–25; Luke 22:7–38; and I Corinthians 11:23–25). The letters of the St. Paul the Apostle and the Acts of the Apostles demonstrate that early Christian...

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REFLECTIONS TODAY Luke connects his version of the greatest commandment with the parable of the Good Samaritan which is peculiar to his Gospel. Luke’s version of the greatest commandment differs from the versions of Mark and Matthew in terms of its ending (Mk 12:28-34; Mt 22:34-40). All the Synopti

The only antisemitic painting in the world of Indian Fine Arts belongs to Kerala. It is a painting by the famous artist Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906). What

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. From the early days of Christianity, Good Friday was observed as a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting, a characteristic that finds expression in the German word Karfreitag (“Sorrowful Friday”). Following the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), the mainstream of Christian tradition has held that Jesus’ last meal with his disciples on the evening...

Further, it’s clear that those who met at that council identified with the group that spent two centuries defining its identity over and against various heterodox and heretical groups by appealing to Matthew’s Gospel. In this sense, Jesus founded the Catholic Church—there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

REFLECTIONS TODAY A long line of tradition has associated the Beloved Disciple, the author of the Fourth Gospel, with the Apostle John. In the Synoptic Gospels, though close to Simon, John has a subordinate role. In the Fourth Gospel, the Beloved Disciple is at par with Simon Peter. He is the “hero

REFLECTIONS TODAY Luke brings his Gospel to a close with the report of the Ascension. He will also begin the story of the Church with a recounting of the Ascension (First Reading). The Gospel gives us the impression that Jesus ascends on the same day as his resurrection, while Acts tells us that Je