Today we celebrate the feast of the holy family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Today the Church presents this family as an example of a perfect family and encouragement to so many families that may be facing some challenging situations …
We celebrate today, the last Sunday before Christmas, and in fact, tomorrow is Christmas, the feast we have been preparing for. The Church offers us four Sundays to prepare for this feast; in the first two weeks, the Church calls …
Both the male and female religious in the Catholic Church are known to live a vowed life; they vow to live a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience. A vow, by its very nature, binds us to something, and in …
Today, the third Sunday of Advent is traditionally called ‘Gaudete.’ The word ‘Gaudate’ is a Latin word for our entrance antiphon this morning; “rejoice.” On this Sunday, the Church calls her children to rejoice, to rejoice not because Christ is …
Seating before a medical consultant and talking as doctor and patient, she smiled and, with all respect, asked me a question that was completely outside why we were together; probably that was another way to make a patient relax. She …
This morning we hear the beginning of Mark’s gospel, it introduces the two great figures of the New Testament; John the Baptist and Jesus Christ the Lord. The angel Gabriel announced the coming of Jesus as a baby, the incarnation …
Today we begin the Advent season, the season of preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ at Christmas. The word “advent” is from the Latin word “adventus,” meaning “coming.” Advent is a season of expectation, anticipation, and a season of …