Faith and Family for December 27: Feast of the Holy Family
Susan Hines-Brigger
December 22, 2020
On this Sunday after Christmas, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family.
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Dark Days and Dark Moods
Thomas Moore
December 21, 2020
Dark days can mean dark moods. This natural turn of the seasons helps explain the timing of Christmas.
Our God Understands
Diane M. Houdek
December 20, 2020
Knowing that God not only knows but experienced what it was to be a human being should give us patience with our weakness and joy in our strength.
Fear Not
Daniel Imwalle
December 20, 2020
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.”
A Return to Joy
Thomas Moore
December 19, 2020
Christmas allows a break from that gray depression, an inner darkness reflected in the winter sky.
Born in a Barn: A Christmas Meditation
Rita Waters Mailander
December 18, 2020
Like every family—like the human family—all of them are a little wounded. We are a little chipped or cracked, held together and shored up by those who care for us, but we all journey to Bethlehem hoping for healing.
Advent Is Always
Richard Rohr, OFM
December 17, 2020
The suffering, injustice, and devastation on this planet are too great now to settle for any infantile gospel or any infantile Jesus.
The Cause of Our Joy
Albert Haase, OFM
December 16, 2020
The gratuity of grace is always unending and never expiring.
Faith and Family for December 20: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Susan Hines-Brigger
December 16, 2020
The fourth Sunday of Advent tells the story of the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she would bear a son and name him Jesus.
Hope to Those in Despair
Albert Haase, OFM
December 15, 2020
Despair descends when we feel helpless and trapped in a dire situation. When hope breaks ground, we feel empowered.