Advent: Allowing ourselves to be bathed in the light of heaven
I love the hymns that accompany us through the Advent season. A term I sometimes hear used for them is “haunting.”
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I love the hymns that accompany us through the Advent season. A term I sometimes hear used for them is “haunting.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Advent, Advent Week 1, Advent week one, Featured, light, Light of Advent, News, Picks | 0 |
Houses and light. Preparation and transformation. Peace and salvation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Advent, Coming of Jesus Christ, News, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |
The word Advent means “coming,” and today’s liturgical texts focus on the coming of Jesus Christ — to be more precise, on multiple comings of Christ. Advent is about a lot more than Christmas.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Advent, Catholic family, Christmas, Featured, Jesse tree, News, raising children, Sophia Excerpts, tradition | 0 |
The Gospel of Matthew begins with the well-known description of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. St. Matthew emphasized to his largely Jewish audience the real and deep connection of Jesus with the Hebrew people, showing that He was indeed the son of David. This connection became important not only for Jewish readers, but for all […]
by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Endow, Featured, John Paul II, News, Redemptoris Mater | 0 |
The Mother of the Redeemer has a precise place in the plan of salvation, for “when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God […]
by bcadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Daily Verse, Jesus Christ, News, The Visitation | 0 |
Image: Photography © by Andy Coan ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may liv…
Read MoreOne of the things I love about Christmas being celebrated for an octave (or twelve days, or right up until the February 2 Presentation of the Lord if you’re diehard) is that it takes the pressure off December 25th to be the one and only possible day to…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 24, 2021 | Advent, Christmas, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, nativity scene, News, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Francis of Assisi | 0 |
The Christmas crib, as we have it today, goes back to St. Francis of Assisi. Not that he was the one who made the first crèche; this devotion is almost as old as the Church. We are told that the very place of Christ’s birth and the manger in which He lay “wrapped in swaddling clothes” were already venerated in Bethlehem in the first centuries of the Christian era.
by bcadmin | Dec 22, 2021 | Advent, Armenia, Christmas, Christmas traditions around the world, Ethiopia, Featured, Finland, Greenland, India, Ireland, Mexico, News, Venezuela, Victor M. Parachin | 0 |
Every December and in every country on the planet, people celebrate Christmas. There may be caroling, candles, decorated trees, Nativity scenes, candy canes, Advent wreaths, mistletoe, wrapped gifts, social gatherings, gift giving, stockings, poinsetti…
Read MoreThe answer isn’t as obvious as you might first think. Two reasons probably leap to the mind for all of us: the cross and Christ’s desire to share in the fullness of our humanity. No doubt, his birth led to his death and, likewise, He participated in our humanity by virtue of being born. But […]
by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2021 | Advent, Faith at Home, News, Wait for me | 0 |
“Wait for me!” Our 4-year-old runs after his big brothers, coat flapping and boots thumping. As I watch the kids race through the yard, his words echo memories of Decembers past when I waited for a new baby.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 20, 2021 | Advent, Christmas, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Incarnation, Loreto, News, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Loreto is a place where it is easy to pray. The ancient stones of the Holy House seem to speak, like the stones of Jerusalem that Jesus said would cry out. In this House of Mary, you are an honored guest, and her hospitality is the peace and serenity of encounter with God. Words written […]
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