A Practical Plan for Advent 2020
If we lose our focus on the Lord, neither his coming in past history, nor his coming at the end of...
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St. Lucy’s Reminder in Advent
Photograph by Nicvandum | Shutterstock “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5) There are ways to enter into this special time of year and celebrate Advent without jumping the gun and...
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Christmas is Worth Waiting For
“It’s a small reminder to us that the story of my life is much bigger than my pleasure here...
Read MoreDaily Reflection — A Pure Heart Create for Me, O God
“A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51). Fridays are penitential days for Catholics. Just as we celebrate His Resurrection each Sunday, we recall that it was on a Friday that our Lord...
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Daily Reflection — Love of one’s Neighbor
“He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor” (St. Bede the...
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Daily Reflection — God’s Visitation
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks...
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Daily Reflection — God is Our Refuge
“O Lord, you have been our refuge, from generation to generation; from age to age, you are.”...
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Daily Reflection — Blessed of My Father
“Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the...
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Daily Reflection — Entering New Life
“For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might...
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A Practical Plan for Advent
“But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only...
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Daily Reflection — God Desires Our Conversion, not Death
“I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and...
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Daily Reflection — In You Alone O God
“But you, Bethlehem-Ephrathah too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth...
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