As we travel along, the Readings this Sunday remind us there should be an urgency and sense of purpose to our journey

Jesus wants us to see his glory, so that we can cling to that experience

The temptation to choose our own way and will over God’s is never far away

This Sunday’s Readings are inviting us to look at our lives and on the realities of the world around us with clear eyes

Love of one's enemy constitutes the nucleus of the “Christian revolution”

God doesn’t choose us because of our greatness or our giftedness

This Child is truly “the glory of Israel and the Light of the nations.”

Saint Luke reminds us that Jesus is the fulfillment of the promises made through the prophets and the fulness of God’s revelation

Cana marked a beginning and in the transformation of the water into wine we discover that Jesus wasn’t simply another prophet or holy man

The myrrh at the manger reminds us that the mystery of the Incarnation is inseparably tied to the fullness of the Paschal Mystery

Reflect on the gift that we have been given in the Incarnation of Christ symbolized by the name of Jesus

“Putting on love” means saying “Yes” to the Mystery of Christmas and to God’s vision for our lives and for all of creation

Christmas means saying “Yes” to something beyond emotions and feelings

In Mary’s Child, the promises, hopes, and expectations of God’s Chosen People were finally being fulfilled

We rejoice because God has kept his promises through the ages and has given us love, mercy, and truth in Jesus

It is only by entering into Advent stillness and quiet that we can discern the distant voice of the Coming One who brings the mercy and peace

We spend these days looking toward the future, to the second Advent of Christ, when he will return in glory

We have been claimed by and for Christ in baptism and our true home is in the Reign of Christ

As Christians, we are called to live for the future.

Jesus celebrates the poor widow is giving over all her entire life and livelihood for the service of God