by Greg Beben | Nov 28, 2025 | Seasonal Introductions
Each Advent we are given the opportunity to begin anew and to enter a deeper place of interior awareness. We not only continue to await the Second Coming of the Lord, but we look forward to celebrating again the birth of the Babe in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago!...
by Greg Beben | Nov 22, 2025 | Meditations
We begin this final week of the Church’s Liturgical Year with the great celebration of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. In our time we are not very familiar with kings. We think of them as something from the past, or at most as figureheads to perform public...
by Greg Beben | Nov 15, 2025 | Meditations
The world strives and struggles to build many structures and make many improvements. However, anything that is not done in God and for God cannot last. All that is of earth will finally come to an end. Only God and his will and all who are in his will can remain...
by Greg Beben | Nov 8, 2025 | Meditations
Today’s readings, chosen in honor of the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, underscore the reality of Jesus’ love for each of us and his call that we too are to love. The Gospel today is the well-known account of Jesus “cleansing the temple.” It is the...
by Greg Beben | Nov 1, 2025 | Meditations
Having honored yesterday the saints who are already in heavenly glory, today we pray for the souls of those who have died but do not yet experience the glory of God. Yesterday we read from the Beatitudes that those who “will see God” are “the clean of heart.” We know,...
