by Greg Beben | Nov 28, 2020 | Meditations
A blessed new liturgical year to all! Since the current calendar year has been marked by a catastrophic pandemic, our hearts are bursting with a most hopeful anticipation of a new and better future. Hopeful anticipation is what the season of Advent is all about. In...
by Greg Beben | Nov 21, 2020 | Meditations
It may not be so easy for people in modern western societies to understand what it means to be a king and how that relates to Jesus. Where democratic values are dominant, the idea of kingship can look bad, like an oppressive totalitarian government. However, even in...
by Greg Beben | Sep 13, 2020 | Meditations
Many people, including some Catholics, find it strange that we celebrate a joyful feast in honor of the Holy Cross. What is there about the Cross, an ancient Roman instrument of torture and execution, that we should “exalt” it? Of course, there are historical...
by Greg Beben | Sep 7, 2020 | Meditations
It is always a blessing for us to celebrate a feast of Mary! Today’s commemoration of her birthday gives us another chance to draw close to her and to come to know her better. As we come to know her, we come to know God and ourselves better, because she is the perfect...
by Greg Beben | Aug 29, 2020 | Meditations
The image of Jesus Christ crucified is so important for our liturgical life that the Church requires that a crucifix must be on or close to the altar at every Mass. In some parishes, however, the image of the Risen Christ now occupies the central and focal position...
by Greg Beben | Aug 22, 2020 | Meditations
In last Sunday’s selection from his Letter to the Romans, St. Paul marveled at how God has worked even through the barrier of human disobedience to bring mercy to all. Nothing stops the Lord’s mercy! “For God delivered all to disobedience, that he might have mercy...
