Today is Candlemas - at least that's what it's called in the vernacular. Ecclesiastically it is actually called "Presentation of the Lord". We are celebrating something that happened far before [...]
In that region shepherds were camped in the open field, keeping vigil with their flock. Then the angel of the Lord came to them, and the splendor of [...]
God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even though He does not dissolve it. We all carry a spark of divine light within us. Pope Francis Image: [...]
A rice grows out of the stump of Jesse's tree, a young shoot from its roots bears fruit. Isaiah 11, 1 The prophet Isaiah announces a prince of peace, [...].
In our parish church, all four candles were already lit in the second week of Advent. I suspect that this happened at the family Mass, when the children light [...]