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Today we celebrate the feast called “little Christmas” — traditionally January 6, or the “12th day of Christmas.” Our liturgical calendar transfers Epiphany to the nearest Sunday, but in some parts of the world January 6 is still the day when gifts are exchanged — commemorating the gifts brought to…
Blood is thicker than water, the saying goes. Blood feuds, ethnic cleansing — world history is full of violence that comes of defending these sacred bonds of blood. Consider how revolutionary the Gospel of Jesus Christ was and is. It teaches that we are one because we all have the…
(“O” Antiphon for December 21) It’s nearly the winter solstice; days continue to grow shorter and sometimes the nights seem endless. Perhaps it seems more so this year with the mayhem that an uncontrollable virus has wreaked on us. Not too often do we experience the utter powerlessness that comes…
At my recent Medicare annual wellness visit, I was struck by how many times the nurse assistant and then my doctor came back to the issue of how I am socializing in the midst of this pandemic. After the doctor and I had a conversation about how COVID-19 has caused…
The fourth Sunday of Advent in each lectionary cycle is a “Mary Gospel.” In this Sunday’s Gospel, the Angel is telling Mary that she will bear a son who will be both “son of the Most High” and also heir to the throne of David, that is, a member of…
With evening prayer last Sunday we lit the second candle on our Advent wreath. There was something comforting about that added light in the midst of the winter darkness. It was almost as though it was saying, “All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of…
As we moved deeper into fall, I started hedging my bets. Every couple of days I picked one or two rose buds in the event that the fall’s first freeze would bring the bloom season to an end. This was a particularly advantageous summer for our pink roses. They bloomed…
Two weeks ago we began our new liturgical year (B) when the Sunday Gospel is often from Mark. But today we already depart from Mark and hear from the Gospel of John. Why? In our Gospel, some people are questioning John the Baptist as to who he really is. The…
This Thanksgiving, it may have felt like there was little in 2020 to give thanks for: a record-breaking hurricane season; wildfires that have burned over 8 million acres of land in the United States, including homes and businesses; destructive flooding in other parts of the world; never-ending wars and conflicts…
Advent is the “expectant” liturgical season, expecting the birth of a child, expecting the coming of the kingdom. But I notice that Sunday’s readings have a penitential flavor. In Isaiah we hear that Israel must be comforted and her guilt expiated because she already has “received from the hand of…
