by Greg Beben | Dec 24, 2025 | Meditations
The Christmas mystery is too profound to be limited to a single celebration. The Church dedicates four distinct liturgies to this feast, full of Scriptures for us to ponder. Then she extends the Christmas celebration throughout a joyful Octave. In our prayer, in...
by Greg Beben | Dec 23, 2025 | Seasonal Introductions
The Christmas Season takes its direction from the splendor of the light of Christ, which breaks into our Advent darkness with the three liturgical celebrations on Christmas Day. We then proceed into the Octave, which contains numerous feasts. There is an intensity of...
by Greg Beben | Jan 4, 2025 | Meditations
The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, which we have just celebrated, stressed the identity of Jesus Christ: true God and true man, Son of God made flesh. Today’s Feast, the Epiphany of the Lord, celebrates the manifestation of God in Jesus Christ as the...
by Greg Beben | Dec 31, 2024 | Meditations
Today, as we begin a new year, we are especially aware of our existence as creatures who live in time. Another year has passed. For many of us, the years seem to go by ever more quickly. We know that we have a limited time on this earth, and moment by moment our time...
by Greg Beben | Dec 28, 2024 | Meditations
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We can reflect on two different aspects of this Feast. First, we can learn from the Holy Family how to live our own family life. And second, we can enter more deeply into the truth that we are...
