Blessed Are the Poor at Christmas
Amid all the bustle of cooking, shopping, and family visits, we need to find a time of quiet and peace, a peace the world does not give. While I…
Faith Library
Category: Saints & Church Year
Walking through the Catholic calendar.
Advent and the Second Coming
Despite what the local radio stations and giant retailers say, we are not yet in the season of Christmas. We are now in that glorious season of Advent. …
Have a Holly Jolly Advent
It’s beginning to look a lot like Advent, everywhere you go… All I want for Advent is my two front teeth… Advent is a coming, the goose is…
Lessons from Catholic Missions
Today, December 3rd, is the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, the Patron Saint of Missions, so let’s reflect for a moment on how we can apply the success…
Advent: The Reason for the Season
Readings for December 2, 2012: First Sunday of Advent “Advent” is simply the Latin word for “coming.” If we can manage to meditate on any “coming” in December…
Waiting
The days are coming when I will fulfill the promise… Jer. 33:14 By now the turkey is long gone. The exhaustion and excitement of hitting the big sales…
Reflecting on the Feast of Christ the King
Readings for November 25, 2012: Feast of Christ the King From the dawn of civilization, kings have arisen who have dreamed of possessing a world-wide dominion, a universal…
All Saints Day: Holiness Is for Everyone!
Readings for November 1, 2012: Solemnity of All Saints At age 16, I thought that aspiring to holiness was out of the question. If you really wanted to…
As the Seasons Change: The Church Year
As a south Florida resident for over twenty five years the change of seasons passes me by with little notice. This past week I was in New York…
John & James
Readings for October 21, 2012: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B It was time to make their move. Usually it was Peter who took the initiative, but…