We Sheas tend toward the hefty end of the spectrum. Some of that is genetics. Some of it is how the family tends to relate to food and (fails) to govern its appetites. Sin has a generational aspect to ...

One of the things that has always given the Gospels the ring of a truthful recounting of historical memory by eyewitnesses is the story of the anointing at Bethany. What is interesting to me are these ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Though King Charles's coronation is televised, there's one moment that ...

From scriptures, we recognise that the anointing of the Holy Spirit, among others empowers the redeemed to command exploits. For instance, Jesus Christ was a carpenter’s son for 30 years without an ...

This day we call Palm Sunday, or in our odd, ecclesial grammar, "Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion," always gives us too much to take in. It begins with Jesus’ entry into the holy city of Jerusalem ...

One of the most heartbreaking realities of the COVID-19 crisis is that patients are suffering and dying from the disease in sterile, empty hospital rooms, far from any of the people they love. Because ...

I’ll tell you an anointing story. A priest told it to me. He had been in a war. The war, he called it. We didn’t think there would ever be another war after that war, he said. Too bad we were wrong ...

In his Wednesday general audience Pope Francis gave a brief catechesis on the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, noting that its purpose is to bring Christ close to the recipient. "Every time we ...

The anointing screen which will hide King Charles from public view is inspired by the 56 countries of the Commonwealth Let the anointing begin! Ahead of the King Charles' coronation on May 6, the ...

King Charles III’s coronation day is here (Picture: AP) The Coronation of King Charles III is finally here, with the monarch and Queen Camilla being crowned in a formal ceremony at Westminster Abbey, ...