Calming Your Fears
Daniel Imwalle
December 6, 2022
Reflect “I recently saw a poster that read, ‘Worry is the misuse of the imagination.’ Things seldom happen as we expect. Most of our fears
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Sharing the Word for December 6, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
December 6, 2022
Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent December 6, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 40:1-11 In this reading we see a heavenly assembly in
The Garment of Praise
Natalie Ryan
December 5, 2022
Reflect Advent is a season of waiting. The Lord is developing and preparing us through the waiting. Let’s thank Jesus for the season of joy
Sharing the Word for December 5, 2022 – Second Week of Advent – Year 1
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
December 5, 2022
Monday of the Second Week of Advent December 5, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 35:1-10 Isaiah continues his message about the coming of the
Advent Is Construction Season
Diane M. Houdek
December 4, 2022
The call of Advent is clear. From both the prophet Isaiah and John the Baptist, we hear, “Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah was writing to the people exiled far from their homeland. John the Baptist was talking to people who had lost their way in a tangle of politics and religion. In our own lives, we hear this call as well. We all have some roadwork to do in our souls. We might say Advent is construction season.
Be On God’s Side
Bruce Epperly
December 4, 2022
In our personal lives and in our politics, let us strive to follow God’s way rather than our own self-interests. Let’s put the common good—God’s realm of Shalom—ahead of power and politics.
Sunday Soundbite for December 4, 2022
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 4, 2022
We need the prophetic “wake-up call” of John the Baptist in today’s Gospel to summon us to conversion. We need to welcome God’s grace and power in order to become part of God’s dream.
In Rest Is Your Salvation
Diane M. Houdek
December 3, 2022
We don’t know how to rest and relax anymore.
Have Compassion for Yourself
Kathy Coffey
December 3, 2022
For many people, self-compassion is an atrophied muscle. Yet how can we connect with others’ pain if we can’t open to our own?
Sharing the Word for December 3, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
December 3, 2022
Through Isaiah, God assures his people that everything is going to be all right because the Lord will make it so. This is a message of hope pure and simple.
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