Changing water into wine isn't quite like the other signs and miracles Jesus does, yet it points ahead to the hour of His cross, His resurrection, and the new creation…
Through the prophet Isaiah, the Lord speaks to us: "Arise, shine; for your Light has come"!
As sons of God by adoption, we belong with Jesus, the true Son of God, as we He does His Father's work in His Father's house.
What does martyrdom have to do with Christmas? The truth is that our lives, like the life of St. Stephen, aren't all bows and presents. Jesus came as a real…
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)
With the birth of this Child, the tragedy of sin and death is ended.
Is Jesus the One who is to come, or shall we look for another? Jesus sends the messengers back to John and to us with a word and promise that…
What prepares us for Jesus? Repentance! Not repentance as the world knows it, but the goldy repentance proclaimed by John the Baptist: sorrow over sin and faith in the coming…
Who is this God? He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. He entered Bethlehem in a manger. Now Advent prepares us to meet Him when He comes again in glory.
Comparing ourselves to others ruins all thanksgiving, but looking to Christ with St. Paul leads to thanksgiving.
