Advocacy for the life of the unborn reminds us that Jesus is the true victor.
Happy new year, losers!
Why do we honor martyrs between Christmas and New Year’s Day?
Two martyrs — St. Stephen and St. Thomas Becket — and the Holy Infants who lost their lives to Herod’s vicious pursuit of Christ have feast days this week. What is the church trying to tell us by situating these particular feasts just after the joyful celebration of the Savior’s birth?
Observing Christmas in solidarity with Christians in the Holy Land
The joyous preparations that typically mark the approach of the feast of the Nativity have taken on a different hue in the city of Bethlehem.
Father Ron Rolheiser: Joseph and the Christmas Story
Joseph is that quiet figure named in the Christmas story as the husband of Mary and the stepfather of Jesus, but what is really known about him?
Making spirits bright when you won’t be home for the holidays
Many families make a trek, sometimes several times annually, to celebrate the holidays together. Here’s some advice for how to pull off a holiday away from home with grace — and only a few frazzled nerves.
Let it be done to me
Sometimes we can get caught up in the “doing” of Advent, even with best intentions, forgetting the truth that no practice we take on can come close to the power of God at work in our lives.
Christina Capecchi: Keep the candle lit: pouring out the greatest gift
’Tis the season to spend money. What we lack in time, we try to make up for in money, throwing it at people and problems who actually need minutes and hours.
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our Over-Complex, Tortured Selves
There can be no finished symphony in this life – not because our souls are defective, are defective, but because they carry godliness.