Hope in Christ's Coming
Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent: “Do you not know or have you not heard?” Do you not know that the One who created the heavens has also...
Doing the Work of Christian Love
I have always loved the rich affection that the Catholic imagination has for Christ’s Mother. In one sense, Mary is a humble, normal girl, who at a...
They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
Monday of the Second Week of Advent: Today’s Gospel reading is a classic: Jesus healed the paralytic. It’s one of the earlier instances of Christ...
Remember What We are Aiming For
Second Sunday of Advent: St. Mark begins his Gospel not with an account of Jesus’ infancy, but rather with a collection of Old Testament prophecies:...