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.
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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.
Christmas Light in Winter’s Darkness
Kathleen M. Carroll
December 14, 2020
What better moment to reflect on both the brevity and great expanse of time than at the close of one year and the beginning of the next?
‘Tis the Season of Hope
Jeremy Harrington, OFM
December 14, 2020
One wonderful gift that God gives us is the virtue of hope. Will the acceptance of this gift be different this year because of recent and ongoing tragedies?
A Longing for Presence
Diane M. Houdek
December 13, 2020
One of our deepest longings as human beings, as social beings, is to be understood even in our most perplexing and difficult moments.
Be Like the Baptist
Daniel Imwalle
December 13, 2020
Though you may not envision yourself as a prophet or evangelizer, you might not realize the ways you are actually spreading the gospel.