Advent 2020: A Response of Joy
Last year, every day as I walked across campus to Mass, I passed a man on his bicycle. More accurately, the man passed me, several times, as he...
Advent 2020: Living in Joy
Today, on the fourth Monday of Advent, Luke's Gospel gives us the beautiful story of the Visitation. Mary travels "in haste" to see her cousin...
Advent 2020: Just Say Yes
Today’s gospel brings us Luke’s account of the Annunciation. This is the second time we have heard this during Advent, the first being on the Feast...
Advent 2020: Advent as Fertile Ground
My grandmother has a pomelo tree, the largest citrus plant in the Philippines, that she has tended to and watered every day for countless years....