
“The days are coming …” This is how today’s first reading starts. We’re beginning a season of waiting, of anticipation. Four weeks of waiting to celebrate the birth of Christ.
Christians claim that God became man; that divinity and humanity met; that Jesus Christ is God and is human. This is kind of like a sacred jest or joke because it presents two things that you wouldn’t ordinarily associate coming together
During these times, we can easily feel like our world is coming to an end and all hell will soon break loose, but then, like the leaves on Jesus’ fig tree, I see one sign of hope in all the chaos
Most of us are scared to death of the implications of the Gospel story of the poor widow and her two small coins. It’s as challenging as that other teaching we try not to think about
I am deeply moved by the outpouring of love, support, and sympathy you have shown me and my family during the recent passing of my beloved mother, Maria Soledade Santos.