Are you ready?
Something wonderful also is about to happen to you. Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart. As you ready for his joyful coming? Jesus said to…
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A Light Shall Pierce the Darkness
His birth did not come with fanfare however, angels trumpeted the news. His parents were not of royalty, but he was the King of Kings. He was born…
Mercy Missed
The Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Advent (or as I liked to call it in my youth, “Pink-Candle-of-Joy, Is-It-Really-Still-TWO-Weeks-Until-Christmas?” Sunday) caught me off-guard this time around.…
Wilderness Dwellers
Sometimes I think that the circumstances that we hear about in the Bible are simply lost on us because we weren’t there. The atmosphere and history of a…
What the Baptist can teach us about Joy
Readings for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, December 13, 2015 On the third Sunday of Advent, the penitential purple of the season changes to rose and we celebrate…
Preparing the Way of the Lord in our Lives
Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus: a time for us to “be watchful”, to “stay awake, to “prepare the way of the Lord”…
Advent: The Season of Hope
Readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Dec 6, 2015 Faith, hope, and love. St. Paul, in I Corinthians 13:13, say these three are the bottom line. They…
Advent Opportunity
Most of us are familiar with the story of the Good Samaritan and his extraordinary generosity. He is greatly touted because of the service he offers to a…
A Seeking Heart – Where I’d put Jesus
I absolutely love that tradition of waiting to put Baby Jesus in the Nativity Scene until Christmas Morning. I, however, have never followed it because I am truly…
The Mystery of the Incarnation
Readings for December 21, 2014: Fourth Sunday of Advent “Mystery,” he sneered. “That’s a good Catholic word.” My friend was a fundamentalist who had more than a bit…