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December 2010

December 26, 2010

To Pray for Charles Kavanagh and To Give Thanks for Lunar Eclipses

Our teenager was looking over my shoulder one night as I read a New York...

December 25, 2010

Because of the Christ Child

"The Savior comes to incapacitate the work of evil, the things that still keep us...

December 24, 2010

Because To Me, This is a Christmas Song

But maybe that's just me...Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, کریسمس مبارک, Selamat Hari Natal, חג מולד...

December 23, 2010

For Poems Like This For Christmas: “Messiah” by Alexander Pope

Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Three simple, but profound words. Three words that appeal to all...

December 22, 2010

The Kings (A Few Words For Wednesday)

Here is a late-breaking poem for the day. I stumbled upon it while combing through...

December 20, 2010

For A Change of Heart This Christmas

Feast of St. Dominic of Silos For some people, this time of the year is the...

December 20, 2010

Because Unto Us, A Child Is Born! (Music for Mondays)

Feast of St. Dominic of Silos Christmas is upon us. We have passed through the 4th...

December 18, 2010

For Your Saturday Night at the Movies: The Sound of Music

Neophyte nun meets naval captain widower with 7 children. "Salzburg Austria in the last golden...

December 15, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 16

I tend to pray this Novena while commuting to work. Something about driving highways makes...

December 13, 2010

Because Catholics Can Have Fun: The Nativity via Social Networks circa 2010

Father James Martin, SJ, author of My Life With the Saints, posted this on his...

December 13, 2010

It’s a Snow Day! (Music for Mondays)

Feast of St. Lucy I've got to tell you folks that it snowed in my little...

December 12, 2010

Because We Must “Be Patient. . .Until the coming of the Lord”

Third Sunday of Advent, Feast of Our Lady of GuadalupeIn School of Community Tuesday night,...

December 11, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 12

Feast of Pope Saint Damasus IGuest post by Julie CragonLast Christmas, I watched a young...

December 10, 2010

Because We Don’t Need Another Hero

I loved the Mad Max film series. My favorite was the second film in the...

December 10, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 11

Feast of Pope Saint Gregory IIIGuest Post by Julie CragonI was first introduced to the...

December 09, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 10

Feast of Saint Juan Diego On this, the tenth day of the Christmas Novena,...

December 06, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 7

Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra Call me dangerously distracted, but not until I saw this...

December 05, 2010

Because I’ve Been Struggling with “the Kingdom Of Heaven is At Hand”

Second Sunday of AdventDear readers,I'm struggling with something. When you're done reading my diatribe, will...

December 05, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 6

As a lifelong Catholic, I have heard a lot and read a lot about Christ...

December 04, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 5

Feast of Saint John of DamascusAndrew, who recognized Christ as the Messiah, immediately shared this...

December 03, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 4

Feast of St. Francis Xavier What's in a name? Upon Our Lord's first meeting with Andrews'...

December 02, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 3

Two brothers were hard at work in their fishing boats in the Sea of Galilee....

December 01, 2010

Glad with Morning Light (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Within Charles Dickens' searing, socially realistic novel, The Old Curiosity Shop, he offers us luminous...

December 01, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena, Day 2

Sacred scripture tells us little of the life of Christ’s first disciple. Perhaps this is...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

For the Love of Saint Andrew: A Christmas Novena

Today both the Western and Eastern churches observe the Feast of St. Andrew, which commemorates...

November 29, 2010

Meet the Beatles! (Music for Mondays)

Feast of St. Saturninus I'm not even going to try and squeeze all of the...

November 28, 2010

Because I Never Saw This Coming

Last Thanksgiving, let's see...yes that was on November 26, 2009,— I received an e-mail from...

November 27, 2010

Because “One Will Be Taken and One Left”

First Sunday of Advent Tonight, as darkness fell outside, I sat beside my husband of 17...

November 27, 2010

Because of the Spirit of the Season

Writer Julie Cragon runs the Saint Mary's Bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee. She shares with us...

November 26, 2010

To Make My Christmas Shopping Reflect a Revolution of the Heart

As Christians prepare for the First Sunday of Advent, we also are heading into the...