The Gospel text for today relates a conversation between Jesus and two of the disciples of John the Baptist. Later in the Gospel text we are told that one of the disciples is Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. From their exchange, we can conclude that following Jesus requires us to encounter Christ in the context of a personal relationship. From a human perspective, communication is the key...
I couldn’t help but notice yesterday when I went in for my physical therapy appointment that someone had taken all the Christmas decorations down. For most of the secular world, Christmas has come and gone. However, the Church beckons us to spend some more time considering the mystery of the incarnation, a core tenet of our faith.
Today’s Gospel text offers a specific moment...
I couldn’t help but notice yesterday when I went in for my physical therapy appointment that someone had taken all the Christmas decorations down. For most of the secular world, Christmas has come and gone. However, the Church beckons us to spend some more time considering the mystery of the incarnation, a core tenet of our faith.
Today’s Gospel text offers a specific moment...
The December, 2015, issue of National Geographic used the Blessed Virgin as its cover story; the headline proclaimed her “the most powerful woman in the world.” The article went on to say “No other woman has been as exalted as Mary. As a universal symbol of maternal love, as well as of suffering and sacrifice, Mary is often the touchstone of our longing for meaning, a more...
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah is 66 chapters long. Scripture scholars have determined by examining the vocabulary and syntax of this long book of prophecy that there were almost certainly three different writers involved. Many of our Advent readings have come from the second part of Isaiah, the verses that are preached to the people who are held in captivity by the Assyrians in Babylon. The...