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1st Sunday of Advent: Wake Up! Happy Priest on Preparing for Christmas

Image of The Advent season gives us a fresh opportunity to look at our lives and deepen our relationship with the Lord Jesus who has come already in humility and will come again in glory.

Most of the world did not notice Jesus' first coming.  We need to stay awake and notice how he comes to us each day.  What about ... continue reading


Robin of Berkeley: My First Thankful Thanksgiving

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Three years ago, the bottom fell out of my life. Slowly but surely, it dawned on me that everything I had held as sacrosanct was a lie. I ... continue reading



Wednesday, First Week of Advent - Let the word of the Lord come to us

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This middle coming is like a road that leads from the first coming to the last. At the first, Christ was our redemption; at the last, he ... continue reading


First Sunday of Advent - The twofold coming of Christ

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At the first coming he was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger. At his second coming he will be clothed in light as in a garment. ... continue reading


The Sacraments: Direct, Intimate Encounters with the Living God

Image of Pope Benedict XVI elevates the sacred Body and Blood of Christ under the sacramental sign of wine in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

"The sacraments confer the grace that they signify. They are efficacious because in them Christ himself is at work: it is he who baptizes, ... continue reading


But Whatever Gain I Had, I Counted as a Loss for the Sake of Christ

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The Christmas liturgy will speak to us of the "holy exchange," of the "sacrum commercium," between us and God realized in Christ. VATICAN ... continue reading



Monday, First Week of Advent - The season of Advent

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Each year, as the Church recalls this mystery of Christ's coming, she urges us to renew the memory of the great love God has shown us. ... continue reading


Happy Thanksgiving 2010: We Pause to Give Thanks and We are Called to Love

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'Yes, love makes us be. We exist because we love. If we don't love, and every time we don't love, we are not, we do not exist. There's ... continue reading


Thanksgiving For the Goodness of America, Prayer for her Future

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Thanksgiving Day was officially made a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, while our country was in the midst of the ... continue reading


Every End is a Beginning: Christ the King, Thanksgiving and Advent

Image of No sooner than we have celebrated the last Sunday of the Year, the feast of Christ the King, we will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, and begin the time of preparation for the great Feast of the Nativity of Our Savior. Our Catholic faith and its Liturgical practices proclaim to a world hungry for meaning that Jesus Christ is the

Our Liturgical seasons present a way to receive time as a gift and change the way we live our daily lives. Our choice to celebrate them ... continue reading


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