Scripture uses the motif of darkness and light to describe the Promised One—and Jesus identified himself as this prophesied light. In him, we experience salvation and spiritual illumination.

To be alive spiritually, we must experience a second birth. When we put our whole trust in Jesus Christ for our salvation, an event occurs in our lives that Jesus called being “born again.” ...

Jesus Christ’s healing of the leper in the Gospel of Mark encapsulates the whole history of salvation, said Pope Benedict XVI in his Sunday Angelus address for Feb. 12. When Jesus met the leper ...