The following is a homily for the second Sunday in Advent, Dec. 8. So I was waiting to board a plane, standing next to a...
Forget Broadway! On Dec. 5, the hottest ticket in town was the taping of “A New York Christmas to Remember” at the Church of St....
Reading 1: Is 11:1-10 On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The...
"Why is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception moved this year?" Question time is 8:45. 'Coming Attractions' reads from Isaiah. 'Church Search' visit Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Happy Advent! This liturgical season focuses on the coming of Christ and of waiting for Him. Of course we recall the long time of waiting...
Father Frank Desiano, CSP Advent has a kind of schizophrenia that disarms us. It comes at the darkest time of the year, when turned-back clocks...
Reading 1: 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...
Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams concludes a longer poem “Advent Calendar” with the words: He will come like dark.One evening when the bursting redDecember sun draws...
It is a time of endings and beginnings. This past Sunday, we liturgically marked the end of the church year with the celebration of the...
Did God change the vocation of people who leave religious life? Question time is 9:18. 'Coming Attractions' reads from Isaiah. 'Church Search' visits Dallas, TX.
The first holiday celebrated by English settlers in America was Thanksgiving. In 1621 William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, invited the neighboring Indians...