Welcome to the fourth Sunday in Advent. In a few short days, we will celebrate the coming of the Light of the world, and the commemorative time of waiting and darkness will be over. During the last month or so, somewhat coincidentally on my brother Gabe’s recommendation, I’ve been reading Ben Patterson’s Waiting: Finding Hope …
These poignant and challenging thoughts come from my friend Kurt: He was born to an unwed teenage girl. Born in substandard housing. He was first greeted by some of the most marginalized people in his culture. Under fear of death by a powerful politician, this boy and his family fled to another country and lived …
Passed on by some friends of mine, here’s an Advent reflection from Daniel Berrigan, poet, peace activist and Catholic priest: It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss — This is true: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever …
Welcome to the first week of Advent: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the …
You’re trying to hold on, you’re trying to be strong;but you don’t know if you can wait that longcoz sometimes it just seems too far awaywhen you don’t know if you can last another day. But don’t lose heart, coz you’ll lose everything;show your soul, baby, though you don’t feel anything … Touch the skyAnd …