by Greg Beben | Mar 24, 2019 | 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 7, 2018 | Meditations
It is most appropriate that we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception during the season of Advent because the arrival of Mary is a critical step in the historical preparation for the “advent,” the coming of the Messiah, the Redeemer of mankind. From the...
by Greg Beben | Aug 14, 2018 | Meditations
The readings for today’s glorious feast, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, offer us an opportunity to look back into salvation history to an earlier event in Mary’s life, the Visitation, to the “great sign in the sky” in the Book of Revelation, and to the...
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 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...
