Capernaum gives us an obscure English noun, via the French. A “capharnaum” is a disorderly jumble, like the crowd that, the Gospels report, massed to hear Jesus preach at Capernaum.

Jesus seems to have started preaching in the Galilee. He's associated with cities, smallish cities like Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, market towns, fishing centers and so on. And he deals with ...

The Gospel readings of this week’s daily liturgies remind us that the Eucharist is a participation in the resurrection of ...

Jesus seems to have started preaching in the Galilee. He's associated with cities, smallish cities like Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, market towns, fishing centers and so on. And he deals with ...