by Greg Beben | Mar 24, 2026 | Meditations
This year the great Solemnity of the Annunciation falls in the Fifth Week of Lent, giving us an essential Lenten message. Our wise Mother Church sets before us once again the fundamental decision of life: will we live for God or against him? We reflected on this...
by Greg Beben | Dec 31, 2025 | Meditations
On this first day of the new year, the Church focuses our attention on Mary, the Mother of God. Why is this? As our Sunday meditation told us, the spiritual life is a continual interplay of God’s action and our response. God is always acting to bring us into union...
by Greg Beben | Dec 7, 2025 | Meditations
Advent is a season of hope, a hope that was lost through sin and has been marvelously restored by Jesus Christ. In this the Second Week of Advent, we are called to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord Jesus. As part of our preparation, today we have the...
by Greg Beben | Aug 14, 2025 | Meditations
Today we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the event we ponder when we pray the Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary. At the end of her life, Mary was taken to Heaven, “assumed,” body and soul. Since she was preserved from the effects of...
by Greg Beben | Jun 26, 2025 | Meditations
The Founder of the Anawim Community, Fr. Francis Marino, used to point out that throughout the Liturgical Year there are a number of “companion feasts” – feasts that are closely associated with each other and that mutually enrich each other. One obvious example of...
