<p>Friends, Happy New Year's Day! We come today to the beginning of a liturgical year—the first Sunday of Advent. There is a sort of a permanent Advent quality, a vigil quality, to the Christian life. We are waiting, watching; we want something we don't fully have. And as we prepare for the coming of the Lord, our Advent
challenge is this: What is our “highe ... Show More
Jul 1
The Church’s Marching Orders
Friends, as we resume Ordinary Time, it’s appropriate that we’re looking at a portrait of the Church, because we’re coming back, if you want, to the ordinary work of the Church up and down the ages to the present day. Our Gospel from the tenth chapter of Luke gives us our marchin ... Show More
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Jun 23
The Church Is Built on the Rock
Friends, this year, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul falls on a Sunday, and I want to spend some time reflecting especially on Saint Peter. Around the year 64, Shimon Bar Yonah, a fisherman from Galilee, was put to death brutally in the Circus of Nero. But while the Roman Empir ... Show More
14m 42s
Dec 2023
The Importance of Drawing Near
The Christmas season is a powerful and unique time of year to remember that Jesus came to make a way for us to be near God. In his life, death, and resurrection, Jesus built a bridge between us and God allowing us to have continual, unhindered communion with our Creator. But God ... Show More
7m 35s
Dec 2017
48. ADVENT.... how I'm sucking at it so far!
ADVENT, its that time of year again to prepare for the birth of Christ, it begins the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four weeks leading up to Christmas. We are prepare in different ways, Jessie Tree, Ad ... Show More
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Dec 2023
Advent Meditations 2023: December 7 – 1 Th 5:8-10
For today’s installment of our Advent Meditation series, our brother Stan Mathay provides commentary on 1 Th 5:8-10. Take a listen or click here to download.
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hop ... Show More
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