Reflection for Fourth Sunday of Advent
Today’s Gospel presents us with a tender scene, two women sharing the joy of expecting their first firstborn children. But their joy goes deeper than this. In the stirring of […]
Today’s Gospel presents us with a tender scene, two women sharing the joy of expecting their first firstborn children. But their joy goes deeper than this. In the stirring of […]
God’s people had a deep desire for the presence of the Messiah. When John the Baptist be gan to proclaim, ” the Lord is near, ” and […]
As we enter more fully in to the Holy season of Advent, out us realize the seriousness of the season and not underestimate its importance. Advent should be for us […]
Happy New Year ! No, we have not turned the secular calendar to 2022 , rather, with the First Sunday of Advent we celebrate the beginning of a new Liturgical […]
We all experience times when trusting in God just doesn’t seem to make sense. It may be the sudden death of a spouse or a child, learning one has a […]
Most people wish to be remembered in some way after they die. Some are content to live. On through future generations of their family; while many rely on an epithet […]
In today’s first reading the prophet Jeremiah speaks out in a way that shows him to be a man of great faith. His words are spoken to the Israelites […]
Indignant. Not a word we use with too much frequency, but we know the feeling when we experience it. The dictionary definition goes something. Along the lines of feeling, characterized […]
In today’s Gospel Jesus encounters a man who has been faithful in his observance of the commandments but wants to be sure that he is on the road to everlasting […]
The call to married life is a call to holiness in the very image and likeness of God. We are told that ” God is one but not solitary ” […]