Our Claim on God’s Mercy
by Thomas Petri, O.P.Regardless of the dark winter about to descend, Advent reminds us that God will keep us firm to the end and that we have been called to fellowship with Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »
Regardless of the dark winter about to descend, Advent reminds us that God will keep us firm to the end and that we have been called to fellowship with Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »
New York, the home of those who wander far
From home, fleeing charming ghosts, or else in
Search of something resembling a star. Continue Reading »
Christmas comes even in the midst of rubble. Continue Reading »
When taken neat, the Oratorio’s musical beauty and theological simplicity drive home the power of Christ’s coming in all its forms. Continue Reading »
Mostly, I grew up a Jew among other Jews. So how had Jesus entered my imagination? How had he come to occupy its core? It took an effort of memory, but I reached back to the first time I had truly noticed him. It had happened on a Christmas Eve. Continue Reading »
Christmas reminds us what Christians have to say to the world's pervasive loneliness. We say “God is with us.” Continue Reading »
Pascal understood the pathology of our age three hundred years ago. And the answer then, as now, is the Christian one. Continue Reading »
Egypt’s Coptic Christians follow the Julian calendar in celebrating Christmas on January 7th of each year. For the second consecutive year, Egyptian president Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi surprised them with an exceptionally kind gesture, once again personally attending their Coptic Christmas Eve mass and . . . . Continue Reading »
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