For children from the hard places Christmas can be a challenging time with many emotions. For the children who have lived with others before their forever family, nearing the Christmas Season can bring excitement and hope along with memories of disappointments, broken...
Today we begin the O Antiphons! Most people know them best in the Advent hymn “O Come O Come Emmanuel” The antiphon of the day is prayed each day within the Mass and at Evening Prayer. The O Antiphons are as follows: December 17 O Wisdom of our God Most...
YEA, it is the 3rd Sunday of Advent and we light the pink candle! We are almost to Christmas! The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of...
Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Lucy: Do you remember the parable of the ten bridesmaids who waited for the bridegroom? Only five of them had brought flasks of oil to keep their oil lamps burning. These were permitted to enter the wedding banquet; the others were...
It is the 2nd week of Advent! On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit...
Reading :IS 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples...
