“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, ‘Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is ...

would be fulfilled” (Lk 1: 43-45). Conversations between women in the Gospels always capture my attention, but today’s holds a special meaning for me. That’s because my sister and I used to play Mary ...

Advent calendars are a popular way to count down the days until Christmas, and they come in all shapes and sizes nowadays. There's the ever-popular chocolate calendars that give the user a piece if ...

Happy New Year. Well this is the Church’s New Year’ Day when all begins again as we enter Advent and build up to Christmas. But we haven’t left the Apocalyptic readings behindhand we open the with one ...

The holiday season turns from Thanksgiving to celebrations of light and reflection on Sunday. Nov. 28 marks the first Sunday of Advent and it also is the beginning of Hanukkah at sundown. Advent marks ...

More extreme apocalyptic language in today’s Gospel and all is calculated to make us alert to the dramatic acts of God that seek our urgent reaction in response to the call of the Gospel. We are ...