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Let Us Celebrate The Good News
December 22, 2011Christmas Greetings. In late October, stores began putting out their Christmas merchandise, and by mid-November Christmas commercials could be heard. Beginning early on in the season, we are bombarded with commercials that invite us to spend our money with promises of a Merry Christmas. The world focuses on consumption and consumerism in hopes that all […]
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Where do I find you? Be alert to God’s presence
December 22, 2011While Advent is a time to anticipate the Second Coming of Christ, the words that constantly spring up in my heart when this wonderful Church season rolls around each year are: “Stay awake! Be on guard! Be watchful!” I find my antennae at full mast! The founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Father John […]
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Journeying With Jesus, Longing For Peace
December 22, 2011Advent is this great season of leaning into the future with hope in the heart and a deep longing for a world of peace, compassion and justice. How can we not be on Jesus’ journey bent on turning swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks? At every turn in the road, adversarial personalities and events sought […]
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Learning again how to wait with Mary
December 22, 2011Waiting is something I do not do very well. I’m always aware of that, but Advent brings “waiting” to my mind in a very special way. What were Mary’s thoughts as she waited? She knew all too well that the baby she carried was, oh, so special. He was the one people throughout the ages […]
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Finding comfort and recommitment in Advent
December 22, 2011Advent is one of my favorite times of the year. Summer and hot temperatures are over and the cold of January and February hasn’t arrived yet. It’s a time of Jesse trees and Advent wreaths. Yes, the Christmas trees come up after Halloween and the Christmas carols begin before Thanksgiving. For me, however, everything kind […]
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Faith & Public Policy Workshops To Begin In January
December 22, 2011The Georgia Catholic Conference is sponsoring the first Faith & Public Policy Workshop of 2012, to be held on Jan. 7 at St. Ann Church. Speakers at the workshop will include Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, Mary Boyert, director of the archdiocesan Respect Life Ministry, Kat Doyle, director of Social Justice […]
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‘I Believe …’: New Mass Prayers
December 8, 2011Can a one-letter word really make a great difference? In the case of the new Mass translation of the Nicene Creed, the answer is emphatically, “Yes!” Instead of starting the Creed at Mass by saying, “We believe in one God …” we have begun to say, “I believe in one God.” The use of the […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (December 8, 2011)
December 8, 2011During the past couple of Advents, our Holy Father has launched several new liturgical traditions in his public schedule. A few years ago, he changed the time of the midnight Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica to 10 p.m., thus making it a little more convenient for people—especially for families with little ones or those with […]
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Lucy Brightens Dark Days Of Advent
December 8, 2011Here’s the question of the day: Are you ready for Christmas? As for me, I still have three-million-and-one things to do, but still I am looking forward with great anticipation to the big day. After all, when it comes to Christmas, what’s not to like? There’s that whole jolliness thing with eggnog, cookies and the […]
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New Book Unlocks Deeper Meaning Of Mass
December 8, 2011“INSIDE THE MASS: A SPIRITUAL REFLECTION ON THE NEW TRANSLATION” by Father Theodore Book, SLL; Scepter Publishers, Inc., (New York, N.Y., 2011). 122 pp., paperback; $9.95. If you’ve ever had trouble explaining to a curious friend what Mass is all about, or yearned to understand the prayers more deeply, this book is for you. In […]