There Will Be Signs…
When I read about Jesus warning his disciples that there will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, distress among nations, and people fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world,* I feel like I am reading the newspaper instead of words written two thousand years ago. Every […]
A Mother’s Heart – Dec. 30, 2020
“What a miracle that the world should have been permitted to present itself before God in the shape of this laden warmth, the trustful security of a mother’s heart.” -Alfred Delp, The Prison Meditations of Father Delp, “The People of Advent”
Secretly Revealed – Dec. 29, 2020
“And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil and dark is really good and light because it comes from God. Our eyes […]
An Earthly Disguise – Dec. 28, 2020
“A tremendous spiritual event then took place, something which disclosed the very nature of God and His relation to the Universe. But there was little to show for it on the surface of life. All men saw was a poor girl unconditionally submitted to God’s Will, and a baby born in difficult circumstances. And this […]
