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This is a time of year — and for some of us, a specific feast — in which children get a lot of attention. Today’s Feast of the Holy Innocents reminds us of the unspeakable preciousness of children, for at times our world does little to value or protect them. In her new book written…
The angels have sung, the shepherds have gathered. People young and old met in churches all over the world on Christmas Eve to hear again the touching story of Mary’s firstborn Son, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. In many households, the kids were home for the first time in months. Maybe…
The gospel reading for this Sunday is the story of the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt, trying to avoid the evil clutches of King Herod. An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph as he was sleeping, and warned him in a dream that King Herod would stop at nothing to get his hands on…
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made, and without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light…
It seems like only yesterday that our kids were babies. I will never forget my shock at how small they were — it didn’t seem possible that a person could be that little and still be all right! I was nervous about holding them at first. I was afraid I would do something wrong and…
What do you do when you love someone? Whether it’s a couple falling in love, a mother to a child, a friend to a friend, a husband to a wife… you want to communicate your love. And so you say, “I love you.” Sometimes you make a phone call to the beloved in the middle…
Mary was much perplexed by the angel’s words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. And then she said, ‘Let it be with me according to your word.’ Mary pondered. And then she consented to bear the child of God. This beautiful account of the angel’s visit to Mary has been told in…
One of the classic stories that is repeated each December is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The timeless character of Ebenezer Scrooge demonstrates the consummate selfish, self-centered, unforgiving and unloving qualities of human kind. This originator of the “bah-humbug” was the perfect embodiment of sin. Whether we read this famous story in a leather bound first…
On this second Sunday of the Advent journey, the Word of God is announced to us as it was written in the book of Isaiah and fulfilled in the ministry of John the Baptist. Long ago God declared: “I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one…
So here we are at Advent again. Advent, the beginning of the Christian year, and the time when we wait and prepare for the coming of the Son of God. Advent is one of those “iffy” times … one of the seasons of the church year when we become most conscious of TIME itself. And…
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