He took him into his arms and blessed God.

5TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD He took him into his arms and blessed God. How many times have you heard the Christmas story or seen it acted out, whether by professional actors or children in makeshift robes? Every detail is so familiar that it...

He is expiation for our sins

THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS (FEAST) He is expiation for our sins.  Today’s feast of the Holy Innocents pulls us up short. How could someone do such a horrific thing as to massacre all those innocent young boys? An atrocity of this magnitude exposes, in sharp relief,...

What we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you.

SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) What we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you. The apostle John, whose feast we celebrate today, begins his first letter by describing why he is able to proclaim the gospel to his readers and listeners: he has firsthand...

Stephen, filled with grace and power

SAINT STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR (FEAST) Stephen, filled with grace and power . . . As we continue to celebrate the great feast of Christmas, we aren’t just focusing on the actual circumstances that led to Jesus’ birth. The meaning of his Incarnation goes much deeper....

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