by Greg Beben | Dec 24, 2023 | Meditations
Glory to God in the highest! Today a Child is born. Although he looks like any one of the countless millions of unnoticed, poor children born into the world, he is no ordinary child! This is God himself who has come as our Savior! His coming is announced by an angel...
by Greg Beben | Dec 23, 2023 | Meditations
As the time approaches, the time God has chosen to reveal himself in creation, he inspires in us an awareness that he seeks a dwelling place. In the first reading, we see that King David has a sense of this. In a limited way, he recognizes that something is missing....
by Greg Beben | Dec 22, 2023 | 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 | Dec 16, 2023 | Meditations
For two weeks of Advent we have been preparing the way of the Lord, striving to level the mountains of our pride and fill in the valleys of our sloth. With Christmas Eve only a week away, the destination of our Advent journey is in sight, and we rejoice that the Lord...
by Greg Beben | Dec 9, 2023 | Meditations
This Second Sunday of Advent invites us to ponder how, when the Lord comes, we can “be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.” In our busy preparations for Christmas, we can grow preoccupied with making our homes immaculately clean for the...
