Updated December 9, 2024 at 5:15 PM Friends, in our readings for the Second Sunday of Advent, there is a lot of talk about building highways. In the Bible, both Old Testament and New, we find the theme of exile. Very often, Israel finds itself sent away from its own Promised Land,...
As God’s chosen people, we have an obligation to pass on the legacy of our faith to our families. The other New Testament passage from today’s lectionary readings comes from Colossians 3:12–17, where Paul gives us insight as to how we can be shining lights to our families and the ...
It is important then that we accept the whole message that comes to us from the Word of God on this the Second Sunday of Easter, which from now on throughout the Church will be called‘Divine Mercy Sunday.’In the various readings, the liturgy seems to indicate the path of mercy which,...
On April 12, 1861, Southern artillery fires on Northern troops inside Ft. Sumter off the coast of South Carolina, officially beginning the war that Foote says defined America like no other event in its history. Like all wars, this one produced its own brand of nervous humor, and Burns spre...