Faith and Family

In this week's Gospel, we hear the tale of the Magi and their visit to see Christ in the manger.

On this Sunday after Christmas, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family.

The fourth Sunday of Advent tells the story of the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she would bear a son and name him Jesus.

The Gospel for the third Sunday of Advent tells of John the Baptist preaching about the coming of Christ, the light of the world.

At the start of the second week of Advent, we hear from the Gospel of Mark about John the Baptist's foretelling of the coming of Christ and his baptisms of people in the Jordan river.

When Mark and I first got married, we went through all the required Pre-Cana classes and even decided to go for the full Engaged Encounter weekend as opposed to the abbreviated one-day class. Come our wedding day, we thought we ...