Jesus warns us in the Gospels about the narrow and wide gates. He is speaking about heaven and hell, and makes it quite clear to everyone that salvation is a ...

Sunday, Aug. 25, is the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass readings: Isaiah 66:18-21; Psalm 117:1-2; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30. Today’s Gospel reading includes the Lord’s teaching ...

The Gospel lesson today seems almost kind of harsh, and kind of puts us off a bit because Jesus seems to make it so clear that some of us could refuse to follow his way and never enter into the ...

VATICAN CITY — The way to heaven is difficult and the gate to enter small, but Jesus’ mother, Mary, who herself entered through the narrow gate, will help those who ask, Pope Francis said Sunday. Mary ...

Following Christ in a life of love, mercy and truth is the ‘identity card’ needed to be friends with Jesus and the ‘passport’ to enter eternal life. Pope greets religious leaders from Kazakhstan.

Jesus said in Matthew 7:13, "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult ...

The way to eternal life is narrow because it is demanding, requires commitment and denial of one’s own selfishness, Pope Benedict XVI said today in his Sunday angelus address. He was referring to ...

21st Sunday, Ordinary Time Today’s readings present a certain tension. On the one hand, there are images of salvation reaching to all parts of the world – the gathering of “nations of every language” ...

The way to heaven is difficult and the gate to enter small, but Jesus' mother, Mary, who herself entered through the narrow gate, will help those who ask, Pope Francis said Sunday. Mary can be invoked ...

“How narrow is the gate that leads to life” (Matt 7:14). Today’s Gospel gathers various sayings attributed to Jesus. It is interesting to find the Golden Rule, to treat others as you want to be ...