
Advent with the Saints: Joseph
Joseph is the silent figure in the Christmas stories. We never hear him speak; his annunciation—in Matthew’s Gospel—narrates Joseph’s story without giving us any of his words.
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Joseph is the silent figure in the Christmas stories. We never hear him speak; his annunciation—in Matthew’s Gospel—narrates Joseph’s story without giving us any of his words.
Brother Brian Henry Newbigging, OFM Conv, has a unique insight into the work that goes into making these beautiful, symbolic objects.
Secrecy and gossip. Intrigue and politicking. Unexpected twists and startling revelations.
I was recently speaking with another Christian about whether non-Christians can go to heaven.
Catholics the world over keep this tradition of honoring ancestors and departed loved ones.
We live in a culture of instant gratification where most anything we want is just one click away. Advent invites us to slow down and savor the season of expectation, longing, and hope.
“Not me, but God,” Blessed Carlo Acutis is quoted as saying. When this author visited Assisi, she discovered the growing excitement surrounding the millennial teenager’s life, legacy, and sainthood cause.
The crèche may be the most popular Christian devotional practice and example of inculturation (situating Jesus in every culture).
When I was young, Thanksgiving dinners were never held in anyone’s house. My grandmother and her sisters decided that no one’s Philadelphia row house was big enough for the entire clan. Smart women that they were, we always took over a restaurant for the meal.
Theology school was like that for me. A space apart from the usual spaces to be fed, to laugh, to argue, to hear from the oldest and the youngest.
Seekers, pilgrims, disciples; all are wayfarers who find themselves stumbling along the stony path toward integrity. They are people trying to live into life’s lessons
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