Come, Ye Thankful People, Come!
Let me guess: You read the title and now you can’t stop humming the tune, huh? I apologize in advance. Well, not really, since there are worse proverbial songs stuck within our collective crawls. I...
Let me guess: You read the title and now you can’t stop humming the tune, huh? I apologize in advance. Well, not really, since there are worse proverbial songs stuck within our collective crawls. I...
I don’t know about yours, but my kids are crazy about costumes, especially when October rolls around. Consistent are the conversations around, “Whad’ya gonna do? What’cha gonna be?” Princesses or sports players, ghouls or...
“Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I’d never forget you—never. Look, I’ve written your names on the backs of...
It was like he blinked his eyes and suddenly he was living in another land. Everything was different; nothing was the same; it was “anything goes” and everyone was going along with it. The...
Ah, the summer break. What are summer excursions but an attempt to escape? For some, it’s the demands of the job, a getaway from the daily grind; for others, it’s the excitement attached to...
Jesus said to her, ‘Don’t hold onto me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your...
The palms of the procession have been laid on the path; the shouts of hosanna hung in the air for a little while, but they’re nowhere to be found…and depending on which Gospel you’re...
“Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.” (Isaiah ch. 41,...
The struggle is real. As we paddle into a post-pandemic world, we’re racked with other woes: natural disasters, breaking news, tighter paychecks due to inflated costs, social tensions, troublesome political discourse, a topsy-turvy economy, and...
Mary said, “yes” to the advancement of God’s plan even though it meant the death of the way she’d dreamed life would be—even quite possibly the death of her life itself. Joseph had...