Solemnity of the Epiphany5 January 2020Year A As you can probably guess I use several resources to help deepen my understanding of the Scriptures … recently, one such reflection spoke of a philosopher I had never heard of … a Jewish man by the name of Emmanuel Levinas...
Feast of the Holy Family29 December 2019Year A Every year, shortly after we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Our Lord, the Church places before us a particular feast day – that of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – as a way to honor this new found...
Solemnity of the Lord's Nativity25 December 2019Year A In the book The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, we hear the tale of a toy bunny and his adventures with a little boy. It is the rabbit’s journey to becoming real. The following conversation between the bunny...
III Sunday of AdventGaudete Sunday15 December 2019Year A I recently came across a very interesting article published about 4 years ago that spoke of the Archbishop of Canterbury – Justin Welby – as having doubts about the existence of God, which opened up a firestorm...
II Sunday of Advent8 December 2019Year A Francis Thompson was a 19th century British poet. He wrote one of the most famous poems in history … as such he has had an influence on other British writers like Chesterton, Lewis, Tolkien … At 18 his father had made him...
I Sunday of AdventYear A 1 December 2019 Does anybody watch the Netflix series The Crown? It’s a show about the British Royal Family. In a recent episode – don’t worry if you’re watching I won’t ruin it – there is a marvelous exchange between Prince Philip, the...