Novalis book review: Lent Goes to the Movies
"If you’re finding it hard to gear up for another season of self-sacrifice, I hear you. It feels like we’ve been in sacrifice mode for a long time."...
28
Feb
26
Feb
This Joyful Season of Lent
"However my plan or rather my hope and prayer is to ask Mother Mary to Journey with me during this Lenten season."...
22
Feb
Thoughts on The Wedding Feast at Cana
" As John the Baptist reminded those complaining that everyone was leaving him and going to Jesus. Jesus is the bridegroom! He is only the friend of the bridegroom! We, the Church, are the bride. And there is more."...
20
Jan
O Magnum Mysterium
"Christmas never stops tugging at us, as this igNation series illustrates in its seasonal exploration of that strange dance between religion and popular culture and deeply grafted traditions, expectations, and associations. This is the time of year when sentimentalism overpowers even the most austere theological voices"...
18
Jan
15
Jan
Home Alone, Christmas 2021!
" there comes a realization that community is at the heart of the mystery of Christmas, the mystery of the Incarnation"...
10
Jan
What will you bring? Epiphany 2022
T.S.Eliot wrote that the Magi had " a cold coming" in "the very dead of winter." Even so, they brought special gifts. What do we bring to Christ? ...
09
Jan
Out of the Hidden Life – Baptism of the Lord – 2022
"Many people find themselves reflecting back on their own hidden life and experiencing a closer kinship with Jesus. In other words, they allow themselves to advance in wisdom, age, and grace along with Jesus."...
06
Jan
Are You Ready for Christmas??
"We may not like the person, but as disciples we are called by that infant born this sacred night, to love them"...
05
Jan
Mary, Did you Know?
As we end the 2019 Christmas season, a modern Christmas song invites controversy....