Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. The story of Zechariah resonates with me, perhaps more than any story in the New Testament that does not directly involve Jesus. Zechariah and Elizabeth were old, too old, they believed,… Continue reading The Protection of Speechlessness
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Start Your Advent Right!
Happy Advent! I’m teaming up with my friends at Soli Deo Gloria Sacred Art again this year to offer a giveaway of two sets of their wonderful Advent woodblocks. Each set, with one green block and one red block, is valued at $36. The entry window is short–ending at 11:59 p.m. ET this Thursday, December… Continue reading Start Your Advent Right!
On the Nightstand: Gaze upon Jesus
I’m planning to get an early start on Advent with this new six-week scripture study on Jesus’s early years through the eyes of Mary and other women in his life. What a great idea Gaze Upon Jesus is! It comes from Women in the New Evangelization, for whom I’m privileged to write occasionally. The opening… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Gaze upon Jesus
Simbang Gabi 2017: And So It Ends… and Begins
What to say about 2017 Simbang Gabi at the neighborhood parish? That we may have had the biggest crowds ever? Yes. That we had nine days of thoughtful, soul-stirring homilies? Yes. That we had nine days of great food, traditional Filipino and otherwise coordinated by the gentle, always organized Rachel? Yes. That we sang a… Continue reading Simbang Gabi 2017: And So It Ends… and Begins