A White Christmas in New England…
Taking a little blogging break! See you in the New Year!
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This makes me think…. about the magnitude of Christ’s gift to us
“O Deity eternal, O high eternal Deity, O sovereign, eternal Father, O ever-burning fire!… What do Your bounty and Your grandeur show? The gift You have given to man. And what gift have You given? Your whole self, O eternal Trinity. And where did You give Yourself? In the stable of our humanity, which had…
Read MorePrep your heart for Christmas — Listen for 15 minutes — Why Christmas? What do we celebrate?
The preacher is Father James Mallon from Saint Benedict Parish, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Read MoreSt Peter Canisius… a great Jesuit & Doctor of the Church… gave us the first Catechism in print!
Today is the feast of St Peter Canisius, a Jesuit, who was a writer/publisher and catechist of the highest order. I like him because he was the first to ever publish a catechism — and there were like 200 editions of it in his lifetime and it was translated into 12 languages! Peter was one…
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Among Women 171: The Joy of the Incarnation
This week on Among Women we think about the coming of Christmas through the eyes of Mary, as told by St Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th century Doctor of the Church. We examine some of his Nativity Hymns, in a departure from our usual saint segment that typically profiles women saints — after all, he…
Read MoreThe F.U.N. Quotient… the joy of the angels revving up for His Majesty’s arrival
The words of this portion of the The Messiah from Handel gives me chills. I can totally imagine this soprano appearing to me as an angel — announcing to me –personally — what she announced to the shepherds on that hillside two millennia ago. And I am not afraid. I am filled with peace.
Read MoreFor the Love of Francis…
Lovely book of photos and quotes for the Pope’s birthday yesterday at the Vatican website. <–no, not this one… this one’s from Catholic Memes. (But you’ll like them, trust me!)
Read MoreGive Books as Christmas Gifts this year…
I love my publisher, Ave Maria Press… and yes, this is a little commercial for the joy of giving books as Christmas gifts. You just might want to do some Christmas shopping over there, or wherever you buy your favorite books. Some of my best pals have books at Ave Maria Press…. and many of…
Read MoreNewsworthy: Federal District Court Exempts 4 Catholic Orgs from HHS Mandate
This is a victory for religious liberty and especially the rights of conscience for Catholics and Christians and others. News has just come out of a Brooklyn federal district court with a ruling that says Catholic organizations named in the case do not have to provide insurance that covers contraception as previously mandated by the…
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