God’s Not Done With Me
Colleen Arnold, MD
December 27, 2024
As I think about my empty nest and upcoming retirement, I can’t help but wonder if the best is behind me. Is God done with me?
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Take a Breath
Shannon K. Evans
December 26, 2024
Breathing is the most basic thing we do in life, but it is likely also the thing we overlook the most. Try to inhale God’s peace and exhale your anxieties.
‘Not Me, but God’
Maureen O'Brien
December 26, 2024
And the miracles, all of them, move forward, as miracles do, and this new one, a boy who believed, who chronicled miracles about holy bread.
A Prayer for Those Who Work on Holidays
Patricia Breen
December 25, 2024
Many American workers, have to work on the holidays that many of us are able to enjoy. Perhaps this year around the table, we can remember those who will spend this holiday season working.
Communion Call
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 25, 2024
Stand in the winter’s cold Where the warmth of animals surrounds the mother’s love.
The Fresco at Greccio
Stephen Copeland
December 24, 2024
The 15th-century fresco that covers the walls at Greccio where the crèche is said to have been reflects the same humble dimensions of the God who gripped Francis’ heart and imagination.
Advent with the Saints: Francis of Assisi
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 24, 2024
St. Francis left his prosperous life in Assisi and descended to the marshes to serve the lepers.
Advent with the Saints: King David
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 23, 2024
I must confess in my years of studying the Bible, I have not been a big fan of King David.
Feeling Overwhelmed?
Herman Sutter
December 23, 2024
Feeling overwhelmed and wanting to escape doesn’t mean we are quitters. It just means we are human—and in pretty good company.
The Inbreaking of the Word: Week 4 of Advent
James Sabak, OFM
December 23, 2024
From Father Jim: “While we celebrate the birth of Christ as this great memorial, as this great celebration, as this great solemnity. We are a people with feet in two worlds, the world to come and the world that is that we live in now. Advent points us towards that always and it does it in such short term basis. That’s why we have to be alert, why we have to be attentive, why the prophets constantly tell us to wake up, wake up, wake up, because that really is the true sign of conversion.”
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