Statue of Moses by Michelangelo in Rome. (Credit: Fr Barry Braum//Unsplash.) Listen The life of prayer is not easy. It’s a tremendous blessing and encouragement, therefore, to see others pray and to ...

David Brooks, in his bestselling book The Road to Character (2015), draws a sharp distinction between what he calls the résumé virtues – the achievements and skills that bring success – and the eulogy ...

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We begin the third book of the Torah, the book known as Torat Kohanim, the book of the priest-ministers of the Divine Sanctuary, guardians of the rituals connecting Israel to God. Known in English as ...

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‘My lord Moses, restrain them!” So shouts Joshua as he and Moses observe that two men, Eldad and Medad, are behaving as prophets within the Israelite encampment (Numbers 11:28). Prophecy, after all, ...