The Inbreaking of the Word: Week 4 of Advent
From Father Jim: "While we celebrate the birth of Christ as this great memorial, as this great celebration, as this great solemnity. We are a people with feet in two worlds, the world to come and the world that is ...
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Lent with the Saints: Jeremiah
There the Lord promises a “new covenant” to the people. Once again, Jeremiah anticipates Jesus.
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Lent with the Saints: Teresa of Avila
Teresa brought her prodigious gifts to her time. She grounded her public persona in a deep personal life.
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Lent with the Saints: Ignatius of Loyola
Wisdom 2:1a, 12–22; Psalm 34:17–18, 19–20, 21, 23; John 7:1–2, 10, 25–30 “You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do ...
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Lent with the Saints: Anthony of Padua
Exodus 32:7–14; Psalm 106:19–20, 21–22, 23; John 5:31–47 Before he became the “go-to” saint for finding lost objects, St. Anthony of Padua had another nickname: “The Hammer of Heretics.”
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Lent with the Saints: Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna’s priority, even as the pregnancy threatened her own life, was the life of her child.
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Lent with the Saints: Ezekiel
When there are people to be baptized in my parish during Lent, the whole season takes on a different character.
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