Tag: Christmas
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Catching the Gingerbread Man
KATHARINE E. HARMON — If we all felt this contrite after our sin, wouldn’t we be that much closer to our Incarnate God?
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60-Second Sermons
EMMA J. JOHNSON — The Holy Family reminds us that we are not alone, and that no matter what we face, we belong to the human family.Â
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Our Gift to Christ
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — It seems, however, that our song is all too often mere lip service to what we want to be true – that God sent Christ into the world to validate the political philosophies and kingdoms of our construction.
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Livestream of Saint John’s Abbey Christmas Mass
Saint John’s Abbey will be streaming their Christmas Masses. Click here to visit the Abbey’s YouTube page. May you have a blessed Christmas season!
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The People’s Ministry at Christmas: Bearing Witness to Suffering
Happy, bright faces pressed together, donned with fashionable hats. A young couple giving new vehicles to one another. Kids sprinting for the tree in cozy pajamas, together with their smiling parents, holding mugs of hot joe. Grandparents beaming with joy, grateful for yet another happy holiday gathering. Retailers use these images to manipulate consumption for…
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My 2023 Advent ABC
I am going back to a simple ABC for this liturgical season. This ABC reminds me that Advent comes Before Christmas. It is not that the liturgical season itself – with its hymns, readings, colors and customs – does not voice this, beautifully. Rather, it is the context of our lived lives that gives my…
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Escaping Christmas
Let’s get to the desert.
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Come to the Feast
My daughter has a gift for calling us to the table to celebrate.Â
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A Troubling End to Christmas?
The Christmas Season concludes with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Surprisingly or not, there are people who may not know this. For many Christmas ends in a number ways: on Christmas Day, on civil New Year’s Day, or on Epiphany (whenever it is celebrated). But the truth is that it concludes…