November will soon end and December will begin. To most people that erroneously means it is Christmas season. Devout Catholic families know this is not
Last year I said “Merry Christmas!” to a cashier at a store on December 26. “Christmas is over!” was the cashier’s jaundiced reply. “I don’t
With the ending of the Christmas holiday, many people begin focusing on making changes for the New Year — the calendar New Year that is.
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Excitement is in the air as the “holiday season” begins. Around the same time as the reunions and feasts of Thanksgiving, Christmas lights begin to
One filled with joy preaches without preaching. —St. Teresa of Calcutta Happy New Year! No, I’m not a month early. For Catholics who try to
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to
On a plane ride a few weeks ago, I found myself seated next to the founder of a Protestant church. He laughed because he was
The story of the disciples encountering Christ on the road to Emmaus has special prominence in the Easter season. Jesus, in His resurrected body, converses
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present
One of the great joys of being Catholic is that Christmas last eight days, followed by a whole season for Christmas.While others grudgingly pack away
Happy New Year! I expect readers will ask themselves, “O.K., Dan, you have gone around the bend on this one! It is not yet December,
For much of my adult life I have lived in areas that really offered only three of the four seasons. In the Deep South summer
