Twelve days of Christmas
The Feast of the Epiphany ~ Follow your Star!
The Feast of the Epiphany ~ Sunday, January 6th, 2019 Today’s feast day has several meanings. In the Roman Church we celebrate the story of the Magi visiting Jesus and offering him gifts. In the Eastern churches, they focus on the story of the Baptism of the Lord. Both celebrate the manifestation, the revelation of […]
The Sunday after Christmas ~ The Joys of Family Life ~ Where do you find joy?
The sixth day of Christmas December 30th ~ the Feast of the Holy Family (and the sixth day of Kwanzaa.) I met a young couple at a welcome station in the mountains of Virginia a few year ago. I saw Joseph and Mary and Jesus in them. May there be a touch of holiness ~ […]
The Fourth Day of Christmas ~ The Feast of the Holy Innocents ~ Rachel mourns for her children ~ still (and Day 3 of Kwanzaa)
The Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs ~ Friday, December 28, 2018 ( and Day 3 of Kwanzaa) Herod the Great had been elected “King of the Jews” by the Roman Senate in 40 B.C. When the Magi told him of the new King of the Jews, Herod could think of nothing but wiping out […]
The Third Day of Christmas ~The Feast of St. John the Apostle and evangelist ~ the luminous lover (and day 2 of Kwanzaa)
The Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist ~ Thursday, December 27, 2018 ( and Day 2 of Kwanzaa) The symbol for St. John among the four Evangelists is the eagle because he soared high above the others into the mystical heights of contemplation in his writings, especially his majestic final discourses—meditations on the mysterious […]
The Second Day of Christmas ~ St. Stephen’s Day ~ Heroic Love ~ How heroic is your love? (and the first day of Kwanzaa)
The Feast of St. Stephen ~ First Martyr, December 26, 2018 Today, December 26, is the second day of Christmas, and the first day of Kwanzaa (African-American). May we learn about our own and each other’s celebrations. It’s easy, just Google the word Kwanzaa. For us Christians the mystery of Incarnation (God-becoming-human in the person […]
You are my beloved Son / You are my beloved Daughter
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ~ Sunday, January 13, 2019 This feast is part of the epiphany cycle of feasts …. It reveals further the meaning of the Incarnation of the Son of God, that is. our God entering our world and becoming flesh and blood. Pope Benedict XVI has an interesting […]