Christmas is not over! Our celebration continues as we celebrate the Christmas Octave. For eight days straight, the Church rejoices that our Savior has indeed come to us.
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Christ’s birth is the center of human history
For Christians, the birth of Christ is the center of human history. In John 3:16, it is stated, “For God so loved the world that God the Father gave us his only Son so that those who believe in him may not perish, but have the gift of Eternal Life.”
Preparing our hearts for Jesus
For children as well as adults, it’s these little acts of self-sacrifice, of striving toward virtue, that help prepare our hearts during Advent.
St. Joseph guides us through Advent
During the Advent season this year, the Year of St. Joseph draws to a close on December 8. The order that God established in the world reveals to us time and again that with endings come new beginnings.
Let us thank God even during hard times
In Luke 17:11-19 Jesus cures 10 lepers of the horrible disease of leprosy; however, only one leper, a Samaritan, thanked him.
The gift of gratitude
As fall continues and temperatures become cooler, most people begin looking ahead to the holiday season of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.
The history of hospice and palliative care
On October 9, we celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. This day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. The 2021 theme is “Leave No One Behind — equity in access to palliative care.”
Football, cremation, and the Church
Green Bay Packers’ elite running back, Aaron Jones. Jones lost a medallion containing some of his father’s ashes when it came loose from a chain he was wearing around his neck during a September 20 game against the Detroit Lions.
Turn your worries into prayers
When asked what I do best, my immediate answer is an unfortunate habit: Worry. One should pray instead of worry, but since worrying is my very special talent, I must admit that I’ve honed and perfected it for many years.
Let us respect life in all its stages
We Catholics observe October as Respect Life Month. During October, we are asked to recommit ourselves to cherish, defend, and protect those who are most vulnerable from life’s beginning to its end.