Advent with the Saints: Peter

Greg Friedman, OFM December 4, 2025

Our Scriptures today play with the same imagery: the “Rock” who is our God.

Holding Joy and Sorrow Together

Christopher Wesley December 4, 2025

Joy and sorrow often walk hand-in-hand. Grief doesn’t cancel out gladness. We might be tempted to ignore the pain, but in our sadness we can discover God’s grace.

homeless person hold a cup filled with cuddles in his hands.

Advent with the Saints: Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam

Greg Friedman, OFM December 3, 2025

Christmastime is marked by extra efforts at generosity toward the poor.

In Isaiah 66:1-2, God tells the people of Israel the kind of dwelling he approves of: the lowly, and the afflicted. How often do we read words like this and immediately try to decipher some kind of spiritual metaphor?

Advent with the Saints: Adolph Kolping

Greg Friedman, OFM December 2, 2025

The “Kolping Society,” as it is popularly known, seeks to emphasize the dignity of human work and support family life.

Embrace this Season of Waiting

Natalie Ryan December 2, 2025

Reflect Advent is a season of waiting. The Lord is developing and preparing us through the waiting. Let’s thank Jesus for the season of joy

woman holding a sign welcoming refugees.

Advent with the Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini

Greg Friedman, OFM December 1, 2025

Much of the Catholic Church in the United States has grown through the faith of thousands of immigrants who came here over the centuries.

The Everyday Will of God

Patricia Breen McNeil December 1, 2025

Sometimes people talk about the will of God as something far off, distant, and in the future. We can forget that our present, your current, daily life is found smack in the middle of the will of God.

Advent with the Saints: Isaiah

Greg Friedman, OFM November 30, 2025

Passages from Isaiah are among the most beautiful in the Bible, touching upon poetic imagery of deserts blooming, mountains lowering, and valleys filling up.