Advent with the Saints: Katharine Drexel
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 17, 2025
In today’s Gospel Jesus sends a report to John the Baptist, who is in prison.
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When You Feel Unseen
Christopher Wesley
December 17, 2025
Some of the holiest people in the Gospels barely spoke and played small but significant roles. No matter who they were, they were not unseen. Jesus saw them. And he sees you.
Advent with the Saints: Josephine Bakhita
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 16, 2025
The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.
The Gift, the Giver, and the Giving
Herman Sutter
December 16, 2025
Sometimes when we try to be helpful, to do something particularly kind for someone else, despite our best efforts, the gift we intend is not the one received.
Advent with the Saints: Athanasius
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 15, 2025
The incarnation is at the heart of our faith, and what we celebrate in this season.
In God’s Hands
Colleen Arnold, MD
December 15, 2025
Remember that old refrain, “He’s got the whole world in his hands”? God’s also got each one of us in his hands, and he doesn’t let go.
Advent with the Saints: Mary
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 14, 2025
In our nativity scenes, the image of the Blessed Mother draws our line of sight from her eyes to the Infant Jesus.
Choose Joy
Ela Milewska
December 14, 2025
“Be strong, fear not! Here is your God” (Is 35:4). Today we choose joy and rejoice not in wishful thinking, but in the reality of God’s saving love.
Advent with the Saints: Elijah
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 13, 2025
One of the religious cable channels regularly runs old, and usually forgettable, movies about biblical heroes.
Welcomed to the Table
Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg
December 13, 2025
Sometimes our faith can feel isolating. Yet its promise is that Jesus welcomes us all to the table as we rejoice in his love for us.