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...
by Greg Beben | Mar 24, 2025 | Meditations
One of the great blessings of our Catholic faith is the richness of the Liturgy, which brings into our lives again and again the holy people, days, and feasts for us to ponder and experience. Each time a feast day comes again, we have an opportunity to see something...
by Greg Beben | Dec 31, 2024 | Meditations
Today, as we begin a new year, we are especially aware of our existence as creatures who live in time. Another year has passed. For many of us, the years seem to go by ever more quickly. We know that we have a limited time on this earth, and moment by moment our time...
