
Sharing the Word for January 5, 2021
Our love for God is always a response to his prior initiative of love. God is love and God has loved us first. Our love for our neighbor is a reflection of God’s love for us.
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Our love for God is always a response to his prior initiative of love. God is love and God has loved us first. Our love for our neighbor is a reflection of God’s love for us.

Christ’s commandments are that we believe in the name of Jesus and love one another. The Spirit will then remain in us.

Given the year we’ve left behind, 2021 seems like a breath of fresh air. Let us welcome the new year with our eyes affixed on the horizon.

Mary’s divine motherhood broadens the Christmas spotlight. Hers role as mother of God places her in a unique position in God’s redemptive plan.

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

Christmas truly is a beautiful and holy day. Still, like all things in our spiritual life, it’s part of a continuum. Advent fades out as Christmas grows brighter.

One of the great mysteries of our faith is how it was possible that God, infinite and all good, could come down upon this earth and become human like us.

I know that the Jesus being born with no fanfare in a cave to a young mother seems almost too wonderful to be true—but it is.

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

In Luke 1:26–38, the angel Gabriel visits Mary. Before delivering the news that she would become pregnant, Gabriel prefaces the message by saying, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.”