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Christ’s Imminent Arrival

by Joannie Watson | Dec 20, 2024 | Between the Sundays, Praying | 0 |

“If the Incarnation doesn’t bewilder you, you’re not thinking about it enough.” The readings at...

Saint Lucy’s Reminder in Advent

by Joannie Watson | Dec 13, 2024 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5) There are ways...

Am I a Scrooge?

by Joannie Watson | Dec 6, 2024 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

This season, we must embrace the feeling of discomfort that comes with waiting. Not because we...

A Genealogy of Fulfillment

by Joannie Watson | Dec 17, 2021 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“In this beginning of Matthew’s story, they hear much more than a list of names.” Today begins the...

What Are We Waiting For?

by Deacon Mark Danis | Dec 7, 2021 | God's Word | 0 |

Image: Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash We should each make one firm decision right now, even...

December by Candlelight

by Carmelite Sisters | Dec 17, 2020 | Family, Living, Spotlight | 0 |

Every day we look forward to the gift of another dawn as the sun begins to peek through the curtain of the night to bring the vibrancy of color back to us yet again. It is a ritual of sorts, isn’t it? When the first blush of the...

Watching and Waiting During Advent in Carmel

by Carmelite Sisters | Dec 10, 2020 | Calendar & Seasons, Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight | 0 |

Advent in Carmel To experience Advent in Carmel is to enter into a rarified atmosphere that is...

Don’t Waste Advent

by Joannie Watson | Dec 4, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“In this year, we need the message of Advent even more than ever.” As I written here before, Advent is my favorite liturgical season. There are many reasons for this, and part of it is probably the same reason that I...

Advent Reminds Us to Wake Up

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Dec 1, 2020 | Sundays | 0 |

During a time when parties and endless carols dull our spiritual senses, the message of Advent...

A Practical Plan for Advent 2020

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Nov 29, 2020 | Calendar & Seasons, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

If we lose our focus on the Lord, neither his coming in past history, nor his coming at the end of...

December by Candlelight

by Carmelite Sisters | Dec 19, 2019 | Family, Living, Spotlight | 0 |

Every day we look forward to the gift of another dawn as the sun begins to peek through the curtain of the night to bring the vibrancy of color back to us yet again. It is a ritual of sorts, isn’t it? When the first blush of the...