Minute Meditations
We Live in the World, Not in a Bubble
The Holy Family were refugees from a corrupt political situation and an unstable ruler. No matter how much Matthew focuses on the way this flight into another country fulfilled passages in the Hebrew Scriptures, the fact is they were fleeing for their lives.
The Promise of the Christ Child
At our own birth, the child of Christmas is born in us. He is our spiritual potential. But we have to let that birth find its fulfillment in a life that rises above the ordinary. You might say that we ...
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Imagine the Manger Under the Stars
Christmas honors what is possible in this world: the birth of a creature who can transform the entire universe by the power of his imagination and his vision for a better world. If we could evolve to the point of ...
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Making Christmas Special for Our Children
As you watch the little ones in your immediate or extended families, you know that there’s little to equal the wonder and joy in their eyes as they celebrate the lights, the decorations, the gifts and the festivities. But sometimes ...
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Wishing You a Merry Christmas
At Christmas we don’t wish each other perfect lives but only “comfort and joy.” This is what I look for: not an end to struggle, but a level of understanding and adjustment so that we can say to each other, ...
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Embrace the Calm of Christmas
Many people feel an underlying anxiety due to world events and the challenges of getting along in a complicated world. Christmas allows a break from that gray depression, an inner darkness reflected in the winter sky. Solstice offers symbolic hope ...
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Reach Out to Others
“O Key of David, O Royal power of Israel, controlling at your will the gate of heaven: Come break down the prison walls of death for those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.”
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