by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with Child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her Child, and she gave
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“… behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this Child has been Conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because He
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“… In the Son of the Virgin, ‘wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger’ (Lk 2:12), we acknowledge and adore ‘the Bread which came down from heaven’ (Jn 6:41, 51), the Redeemer who came among us in order to bring life to the world. [] Bethlehem! The city where Jesus was born in fulfilment of the Scriptures, in
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” … Let’s see what the Lord and the Church have to teach us. … I. Our Humility … II. Our Hardship … III. Our Head … IV. Our Healing … Jesus initiated … a process whereby His Truth and Grace would be proclaimed and those who accepted these gifts would be able to come to greater and more lasting
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Catholic TV Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Dec. 23, 2018, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo from another time and location]
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Catholic TV Mass for Thursday of the Third Week of Advent, Dec. 20, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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“… Dark Night of the Soul … Ascent of Mount Carmel … Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ …”
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“Saint John of the Cross who is well known for his mystical writings and poetry, was closely associated with Saint Teresa in her work of founding the reformed Carmel. Juan de Ypes was born at Fontiveros in Spain in 1542 into a poor and struggling family. The death of his father soon afterwards and the lack of family support for
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“Dec. 14 is the liturgical memorial of Saint John of the Cross, a 16th century Carmelite priest best known for reforming his order together with Saint Teresa of Avila, and for writing the classic spiritual treatise ‘The Dark Night of the Soul.’ …”
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“A lovely tradition that I remember fondly as a child was visiting a nativity scene in a Croatian church during Christmastime and finding fresh shoots of wheat placed near the baby Jesus. I learned that the new wheat symbolized the newborn King who will become for us, our living bread. Like the grains of wheat, He will be buried and
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