December 2021
Blessed Jacopone da Todi
Franciscan Media
December 22
Jacopone da Todi’s life changed radically when his wife died in an accident at a local tournament. Turning from his self-indulgent life, he eventually became a Franciscan friar, but life was not easy even then. Jacopone is most known for ...
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Sunday Soundbite for December 26, 2021
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 22, 2021
In the midst of our Christmas celebrations, today's Gospel reminds of “the rest of the story,” which will culminate in the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the birth of the Church. Along with Mary and Joseph and all who ...
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Sharing the Word for December 22, 2021
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
December 22, 2021
As we approach the celebration of Jesus’ birth, the Church invites us to give thanks for God’s intervention in the affairs of humanity, to take joy in the Lord.
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The Turn of the Sun
Thomas Moore
December 21, 2021
Dark days can mean dark moods. This natural turn of the seasons helps explain the timing of Christmas. It is the festival of light, the return of the sun and longer periods of daylight.
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The Gifts of Advent Day 24: Nothing Is Impossible with God
Diane M. Houdek
December 21, 2021
God doesn’t tell us not to question, but rather not to be afraid. And whether we come to our response slowly or quickly, we do come to it in the end. And with God’s grace, that answer will be yes.
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Just As I Am
Kathy Coffey
December 21, 2021
It’s harder to show compassion if we disconnect from our own wisdom and experience—perhaps rejecting some part of ourselves we think is shameful. The key to loving another is the ability to love all of ourselves—being flawed but fully human, ...
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Supreme Court sends Texas abortion case to federal appeals court
Less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the Texas abortion law could stay in place, the court sent back a lawsuit against the state’s abortion law to a federal appeals court, not to the District Court judge who had tried to block the law.