Advent with the Saints: Angela Merici
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 11, 2025
Many Catholics of my generation and older have been influenced by women religious who educated us as young Catholics.
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Unconditional Love
Albert Haase, OFM
December 11, 2025
St. Augustine hit the nail on the head when he famously said, “Love and then do as you please.” All the commandments align as we try to love God and love our neighbor.
Advent with the Saints: John of the Cross
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 10, 2025
It may seem strange to think of the cross during a season that prepares us for Christmas.
Virtue and Civility
Clifford Hennings, OFM
December 10, 2025
We live in divided times. In this time of discordant rhetoric, it’s crucial that we stand as a model for virtue and civility.
Advent with the Saints: Monica
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 9, 2025
Advent is a season of waiting. The Scriptures fill us with hope, based on the promises of God.
What St. Juan Diego Heard
Daniel Imwalle
December 9, 2025
Full disclosure: I am kind of obsessed with sound and music. So when I recently reread the story of St. Juan Diego and his encounter with Mary in Mexico in 1531, my ears perked up—literally—when I discovered that he heard music when she appeared.
Advent with the Saints: Lucy
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 8, 2025
Restoration of sight is an important biblical metaphor. Isaiah uses it as a sign of God’s transformation of the world.
Virgin Mary, Full of Grace
Ela Milewska
December 8, 2025
The Virgin Mary didn’t earn her holiness—it was a gift. And the same God who prepared her heart wants to shape ours to receive Christ fully.
Advent with the Saints: John the Baptist
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 7, 2025
John the Baptist takes center stage in the Gospels in all three Lectionary cycles on the Second and Third Sundays of Advent.
Good News in Chaos
Ela Milewska
December 7, 2025
In a world that feels increasingly loud and chaotic, the good news of the Advent message breaks through: God loves you. Jesus saves you. Christ is alive.