Dear 2023, it’s almost time to say “goodbye”. Soon you’ll be nothing but a memory getting further and further away.
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Supporting Orders and celebrating the Christmas season
Merry Christmas! To enhance your table during this season of cheer, here are nine divine treats from Religious Orders across the county to keep the celebration going until the Epiphany.
A Christmas reflection
A Catholic Christmas, with the Mass of the Nativity of Christ, a sincere Confession, joyful prayer, Yuletide hymns, and the liturgical feasts front and center, brings us face to face with the shocking nearness of God and His extraordinary love for each of us.
It’s time to rejoice!
The Third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday — Latin for “Let us rejoice.”
Christmas time is (almost) here again
Christmas will be here before you know it and whether you like it or not.
God is one with us
The universal phenomenon of carving sacred images manifests the common impulse within human nature to see the divine, to indeed perceive the face of God.
Being thankful
As we once again celebrate Thanksgiving, the holiday invites us to sit back and take stock of the gracious enormity of God’s generosity to us.
Time to de-clutter our souls
I have recently been trying to declutter my life. My office, car, and apartment are filled with a motley collection of papers, knick-knacks, delayed correspondence, unneeded clothing, and varied things that have just piled up over the course of time.
Why I love the Church
The Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran invites us to meditate on the gift, mission, and mystery of the Church Herself and led me to reflect on why I love the Catholic Church so much.
Death is not the end
By embracing our death and lifting it up to the Father, the Lord takes away death’s power and finality.