Readings (Year B) Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5.Colossians 3:12-21 Luke 2:22-40 Reflection: Heed God’s will As a cradle Catholic, I recall the...
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This Christmas will be lonely and quiet for many of us. I wonder how those of us who love to celebrate the holidays through the gift of food and joy of cooking...
Read American Harvest By Marie Mutsuki Mockett (Graywolf Press, 2020) “All discussions of food and agriculture begin with the land,” writes Marie Mutsuki...
For modern Catholics, Advent is a season of extreme cultural disjunction between commercialized Christmas and the spiritual preparation for Christ’s birth. The...
Uno de los elementos más impresionantes de la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe es la dramática representación de sus apariciones a san Juan Diego...
Durante tres días al año, mexicanos y mexicoamericanos se reúnen en el Día de los Muertos. En cementerios y hogares la gente se encuentra para recordar a sus...
Of all the homilies I have preached, the one that aroused some of the most impassioned objections was one I gave on the Epiphany. I wondered aloud about the...
Hace años trabajé los veranos en una granja en Michigan, cerca de una comunidad cristiana fundamentalista. No sabía mucho sobre ellos, aparte de que no querías...
Christmas is different this year: The Earth is on fire. Across the west coast, ashes lie where great forests once stood. Climate scientists explain to we who...
Readings (Year B) 2 Samuel 7:1–5, 8B–12, 14A, 16 Psalm 89:2–3, 4–5, 27, 29Romans 16:25–27Luke 1:26–38 Reflection: Watching Advent Many of us would say that we...
