(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from the murderous ...

This is English artist and poet William Blake’s depiction of Jacob’s Ladder with angels ascending and descending a ladder or staircase between Heaven and Earth for the enlightenment of the Jewish ...

“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me” (Mark 8:34). Gn 11:1-9; Mk 8:34—9:1 Today’s first reading from Genesis 11 about the “Tower of Babel” was a tale ...