by Greg Beben | Dec 31, 2017 | Meditations
The first day of the new calendar year is usually a time when people extend good wishes to each other – “Happy New Year!” – and look forward in hope toward what the new year will bring. It is also designated as the Church’s World Day of Peace, a day when we exercise...
by Greg Beben | Dec 30, 2017 | Meditations
During this Octave of Christmas, we rejoice and celebrate the arrival of Jesus, the Son of God. He has entered into time, into human history and culture, taking upon himself all that is human, to transform it all and to give it meaning. He has entered into the human...
by Greg Beben | Dec 24, 2017 | 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 to simple,...
by Greg Beben | Dec 7, 2017 | Meditations
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This famous line from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities seems to apply well to the vivid contrast between today’s first reading and the Gospel. The third chapter of Genesis gives us an account of the terrible...
by Greg Beben | Nov 25, 2017 | Meditations
As we join the Universal Church in acclaiming Christ as our Savior and Eternal King, we turn to the word of God, to learn what sort of King we have, and how best to serve and honor him. We are created by God, and all that we do, if it is to be considered good, must be...
