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Advent: Hopeful Longing
The word Advent means 'coming' or 'arrival.' We celebrate the beginning of the liturgical year and the season when we both prepare to honor Christ's birth and anticipate the second coming. The Church intends this time as period to consider how our lives are preparing the world for the second coming. The Advent/Christmas season celebrates a truth about God. We believe that through the revelation of God in the human and divine infant, all of creation is reconciled to God. The words of the Advent hymn "O come, O come Emmanuel" speak our story. We long for ransom from the shackles that bind us to certain ways of living. We long to be saved as a community and a nation from oppression and the lure of cultural seductions that place us in exile from God's love and friendship. We long to know that "The Lord, your God is in your midst, a mighty savior; he will rejoice over you with gladness and renew you in his love." (Jeremiah 15b).
If you think you do not have time, remember that we MAKE time. Use these weeks for an examination of conscience and the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
| Today |
Singing My Way Toward the Priesthood
by Neven Pesa
I'm a son of Croatian immigrants who first emigrated to Italy and subsequently to America in the 70's. Within two years of their marriage, my brother and I were both born. My mother lovingly tells me that God willed very much that I come into this world because I came as a "happy surprise" to both my parents, having been conceived only 4 months after my older brother had been ... >>read more
| Touched By Grace |
Bon Appetit!
by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
The atheist philosopher of the 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche, once said "If Christians want me to believe in their Redeemer, they need to look more ... >>read more
| The Edge |
by Mickey Addison
Can you name the largest megachurch in the world? Is it in San Antonio or Colorado Springs? Maybe Los Angeles or Orlando? Nope....it's in Rome. The world's largest megachurch is the Catholic ... >>read more
