Readings (Year C): Sirach 3:2 – 6, 12 – 14Psalms 128:1 – 2, 3, 4 – 5Colossians 3:12 – 21 or 3:12 – 17Luke 2:41 – 52...
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The better question is: Who were the Herods? Five or six Herods governed around Palestine. Only two are of interest in the gospels. The name appears more than...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In the United States, nativity scenes are part of the ordinary landscape of Christmas—even in secular spaces...
Massachusetts-based writer Mary McGarry Morris suspects her 2024 novel The Silence (Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.) was too hard hitting to have garnered...
In autumn of 2015, I began organizing an annual wassail in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. On the Saturday after the University of Chicago’s fall quarter...
We’ve made at least one great cultural advancement in recent years when it comes to the holidays: We’ve become aware that for many people, this time of year is...
In Colombia, days before Catholic homes and parishes put up decorations of the magi carrying gifts or prepare their crèches for the birth of the baby Jesus...
Readings (Year C): Micah 5:1 – 4aPsalms 80:2 – 3, 15 – 16, 18 – 19.Hebrews 10:5 – 10Luke 1:39 – 45 Reflection: Far from...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made what many people thought would be lasting changes to U.S. health care when it was passed in 2010. Most people by now take...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Often, Catholics refer to Mary with the various honorifics we have attached to her over the centuries:...
