As we journey through the season of Lent, the Fifth Sunday invites us to reflect deeply on the themes of transformation, ...

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law bring forward a woman, and the accusers want the strictest punishment meted out: ...

By Anna Verry For The Catholic Messenger Lent 2025 Week 5 This week’s Gospel reading, John 8:1-11, offers valuable insights .

The Pharisees saw Jesus as an enemy because his words went against their strict interpretations of the law, interpretations ...

As the light increases, so does life. Many of us feel more energised and uplifted as the days grow longer, and nature, too, ...

On one occasion Jesus said, “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites ... and their rejection of the ...

“The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the ...

Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus ... Pharisees hypocrites and says "war to them." That warns me that he is losing out to the Pharisees as he sees it ...

Sunday of Lent year C ✠ A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John 8:1-11 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early ...