By Elizabeth Foss
As we box the Christmas ornaments and sweep up the ubiquitous pine needles, it’s hard to ignore the clarion call to get busy with the “New Year, New You” plans.
1/16/25
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
As I turned the calendar from December to January, I had a familiar, sinking feeling.
Compared to December, January looks bleak. It seems like a long time until festivities once again fill our days.
1/16/25
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By Fr. Richard Miserendino
Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 With the Christmas season drawing to a close, it’s always possible that we’ve under-appreciated some of the gifts we’ve received. Embarrassingly, some of the best presents I’ve ever been given have languished on my shelves or in storage for months or years before I’ve cracked them open and discovered a real treasure. […]
1/9/25
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By Fr. Steven Oetjen
(Jan. 5 — Mt 2:1–12) The Epiphany of the Lord is a feast about the manifestation of Christ to the nations. His sacred humanity, which was once hidden in his mother’s womb, became manifest at his birth. And today, we celebrate the way in which he is now made manifest to all, even the Gentiles, […]
1/2/25
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By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
Dec. 29 — Lk 2:41-52 Today’s solemnity falls within the octave of Christmas. This means that the church spreads out its celebration of Christmas day over an eight-day period. All week we pray the Gloria at Mass, use the preface prayers for Christmas Day and use portions of the Liturgy of the Hours from Dec. […]
12/26/24
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
It happens all year — the requests for donations for all manner of charitable causes.
12/19/24
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By Russell Shaw
A short, simple statement — "Marley was dead"— ranks high in any list of most famous first line in all literature. Marley, we soon learn, is the deceased former partner Ebenezer Scrooge, the memorable central figure in Charles Dickens' classic “A Christmas Carol.”
12/19/24
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By Elizabeth Foss
When I was still in the stage of life where the Lord would ask me if I were open to a baby, it was very, very easy to meditate upon the Annunciation. It was so simple to imagine myself in a small home in Nazareth, fully open to conversation with an angel. “Well then, Lord, […]
12/18/24
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By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Dec. 22 — Lk 1:39-45 “How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” These words of St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, encapsulate for us well the spirit that this season of Advent should bring about in our own souls. Elizabeth, in the presence of Mary […]
12/17/24
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3
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