Mary, Herod, and the Modern Holy Innocents
Reflecting on the upcoming Day of Holy Innocents, this thought came to me: ‘satan twists the truth!’ I guess it would help to know that I had ear...
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God’s Gift of Life – How an Unplanned Pregnancy Changed the World
A young, unmarried woman receives very unexpected news. Her fiancé does not handle it well. She anticipates the scorn of her close-knit, religiou...
Sunday, December 31, 2017 – First Sunday after Christmas Day
“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might ...
Sunday, December 17, 2017 – Third Sunday of Advent
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not den...
Sunday December 10th, 2017 – Second Sunday of Advent
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is no...
Sunday December 18th, 2016 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she wa...
Sunday December 11th, 2016 – Third Sunday of Advent
The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice...
Sunday December 4th, 2016 – Second Sunday in Advent
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is ...