The Gifts of Advent Day 10: The Beauty of Simplicity

Diane M. Houdek December 7, 2021

Beauty rescues us from a drab utilitarian existence. Simplicity doesn’t need to be stark and completely minimalist.

They Are Always With Us

Colleen Arnold, MD December 7, 2021

Losing someone we love is difficult. Even though we believe in heaven and life after death, their absence from everyday life is painful.

Day Ten: A Catholic Family Advent

Susan Hines-Brigger December 7, 2021

Though sometimes it is hard, we should try to focus on the goodness of the Advent season.

Sharing the Word for December 7, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk December 7, 2021

The glory and the power of the Lord call out for joyous expression. The Lord is coming to rule the world with justice and equity. That calls for singing.

The Gifts of Advent Day 9: The Work of Our Hands

Diane M. Houdek December 6, 2021

As you take time to breathe deeply in prayer, look with appreciation at your hands and reflect on the many things they do—working, playing, loving, creating.

Serenely Trusting

Kathy Coffey December 6, 2021

Julian of Norwich wrote, “This beloved soul was preciously knitted to God in its making, by a knot so subtle and so mighty that it is oned in God.”

Day Nine: A Catholic Family Advent

Susan Hines-Brigger December 6, 2021

How can you share your talents with others to create a beautiful landscape?

The absence of “hard historical facts” is not necessarily an obstacle to the popularity of saints, as the devotion to Saint Nicholas shows. Both the Eastern and Western Churches honor him, and it is claimed that after the Blessed Virgin, he is the saint most pictured by Christian artists.

Sharing the Word for December 6, 2021 – Second Week of Advent – Year 2

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk December 6, 2021

Far from abandoning the exiled Israelites, the Lord offered his gifts to the entire people–to all those who acknowledged his lordship.

The Gifts of Advent Day 8: Simplify

Diane M. Houdek December 5, 2021

We fill our lives and our calendars with more than we can do in 24 hours and we do that for days on end. Reluctant to cross anything off, we simply push tasks to the next day and the next.