The Thirteenth Day of Advent: Our Life – The Road Map
Today’s readings are full of God’s promises to us: “Those who follow you, Lord, will have the light of life”, we say in the...
The Sixteenth Day of Advent: A Star Shall Advance From Jacob
In the first reading today, we hear that a star shall advance from the line of Jacob and a staff shall rise from the...
The Seventeenth Day of Advent: Consequence of Choice
“Which of the two did his father’s will?” In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a simple story of two imperfect sons in order...
The Nineteenth Day of Advent: Who Am I, and Where Do...
I’ve always been puzzled by today’s Gospel: the Genealogy of Christ.
No matter how hard I try, I struggle to find that “deeper meaning” we...
The Twenty-fifth Day of Advent: They Rejoiced With Her – Rejoice...
“Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.”
We all want joy. Joy is...
Awaiting Christ With Childlike Hope
Who readies their hearts for Christmas better than children? Thinking back to my own childhood, the anxiousness and anticipation for Christmas morning was almost...
Our Hearts Should Be His Manger
In the opening prayer of today’s Holy Mass we prayed that “no earthly undertaking might hinder those who have set out in haste to...
Get the medicine you need!
In 2016, the leading cause of death is heart failure. The leading cause of accidental death is a growing opioid overdose epidemic called by...
Let her fill you with hope!
Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This powerful and recognizable image of our Blessed Mother came to us in December...
Christ responds to the hope in our hearts
In today’s first reading, Isaiah utters the famous prophecy that the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and name him “God-with-us.”Today’s Gospel, in...
