One temptation we should avoid, strenuously, is the temptation to reduce Advent and Christmas to kind of cozy, sentimental seasons. In fact they are anything but! I would say that Advent is a kind of preparation for a revolution… Watch and listen to Fr. Barron’s commentary on “The Advent Revolution”. Father Barron can be found [...]
Advent and Christmas is a time of storytelling. After all, Christmas is the greatest story ever told. God sent his only son to be born in a manager only to ultimately die on the cross for our sins so that we could all be saved. So, the best Christmas stories have a spark of Divine [...]
Reflections on Our Lady of Guadalupe: Our Merciful Mother by Sister Ines, O.C.D. In every approved Marian apparition, Our Lady has a specific mission. Each one reveals a determined and specific message – a unique and necessary goal. In the Anáhuac Valley of Mexico, on a barren hill called Tepeyac, Our Lady of Guadalupe came [...]
“Actions speak louder than words.” “One picture is worth a thousand words.” “Talk is cheap.” There are lots of different sayings in the English language that generally express the same thing – words alone don’t do the necessary job of communicating, especially in the case of a personal message. Like “I love you,” for instance. [...]
Tubby and Jimmy went up on a hill where wild strawberries grew. They took two coffee cans, poked holes in the side, made a handle and off they went to gather strawberries. Tubby put a strawberry in the bucket, then one in his mouth, one in the bucket, one in his mouth, and so on. [...]
Though Advent is happening on the liturgical calendar, the rest of the world is already celebrating Christmas with decorations in every shop window and every ad on television. There is no event on the American calendar that is so anticipated, so planned for, as that of Christmas. Media production companies, marketing firms, mall administrators, food [...]
by Mother Regina Marie, O.C.D., Superior General Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles “There is in every human heart, be it the heart of a man or a woman, an empty cradle, waiting for the birth of Christ to fill it.” On the First Sunday in Advent, all over the world [...]
June is traditionally the month dedicated to Jesus’ Sacred Heart. It’s always struck me as noteworthy that we don’t have a feast of Jesus’ sacred brain, even though Jesus is the eternal logos. We don’t honor his hallowed hands, which, in spite of calluses from hard work in a hidden Nazarene carpentry shop, brought a [...]
I LOVE spring! Even in North Dakota where waiting for the weather to line up with the calendar demands keeping snow shovels handy, I still love spring. It’s a time of new beginnings and freshness, a time of resurrection, and a time of the Easter season. By now, New Year’s resolutions have either made their [...]
[UPDATE: Go to this link for the 2012 Exsultet.] Listen to the Exsultet Sung by Deacon Mike Bickerstaff at the 2011 Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell, Georgia The joy of Easter and the Risen Lord is upon us… Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen! Let us all give thanks [...]
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St. Benedict for Beginners – The Third Step to Humility
This is the ninth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Third Step to Humility ‘The third step of humility is that for the love of God a man should be obedient to his superior in all things.’ Obedience? What a sign of scandal in an individualistic age! The whole [...]
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