Love is more than just a transaction between two people, it's a spiritual emotion that comes from above. Love is pure and unscathed, it has no boundaries and will go on forever, similar to your spirit ...

In 1992, Christian author Gary Chapman introduced the ground-breaking concept of “love languages,” which posits that individual people vary in how they give and receive love and affection. Knowing ...

Faith often looks the same from the outside. Folded hands. Closed eyes. Temple bells. Morning aarti. But underneath these shared rituals, the relationship people carry with God can be very different.

"God never promised us that we would not suffer." Those words struck a painful, but truthful, chord in me when a friend uttered them as we stood talking at the wake of a 27-year-old woman, a mother of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Photo by Aaron Burden, courtesy of Unsplash. A Reflection for Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time You can find today’s readings here. “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. I’d like to read from the Scriptures a very familiar story. Sometimes when we hear familiar stories, we get a little ...

The proof of being on a path of conversion and holiness always consists in loving one's neighbor, Pope Francis said. "As long as there is a brother or sister to whom we close our hearts, we will still ...

Timothy Keller writes “In A Reason for God”: In Christianity God is both a God of love and of justice. Many people struggle with this. They believe that a loving God can't be a judging God. Like most ...

God is love. On this point, the New Testament letters and the Gospel of John allow no argument. God is present when one experiences love and whenever one extends love to another. Every act of love, ...

Q. The Catholic Church teaches that hell is eternal. How is that consistent with an all-loving God who wants the best for us? If you’re an unrepentant sinner for 50, 60, 70 years or more, does that ...