Saturday Bonus – Who Are We Eating With?

The following is the text of an essay that I wrote in The Evangelist this week. In a rare moment of non-self promotion, I had not put it on the blog on Thursday when it was published. Even though today we usually just have our Saturday Song, posted below, I decided to put it up [...]

Saturday Song(s)

Oh – so you thought Christmas was over? Not until Sunday! We celebrate Epiphany this weekend and with that I present you with a few songs. As some of you know, I love Sufjan Stevens. He is not to everyone’s liking, but the simplicity and clarity of his work really calls to me. In the [...]

For Epiphany – T.S. Eliot’s Journey of the Magi

We will celebrate Epiphany at liturgy this Sunday, but today is the actual day. With that in mind, I present you with a poem from T.S. Eliot called, Journey of the Magi. Eliot converted to Christianity, he became an Anglican; this poem was written after his conversion. H/T to friend of the blog, Ginny Kubitz [...]

So What Happened Next – An After Christmas Story by Sean Caron

**Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa – Sean sent this to me 3 days ago and I thought I had published it, but I had not. My apologies in the delay! Do not delay in reading Sean’s fine work!** – editor In A Gospel of Christmas according to St Luke I talked about the period from [...]

Monday Musing 2 – The Feast of St. Stephen, Martyr

There is already a Monday Musing up; it is an essay that I wrote for the Christmas bulletin. However, I woke up and was praying and was struck by the full force of what this day, the feast of St. Stephen, is about. We have journeyed through Advent with all of its peaceful images – [...]

Monday Musing – Dependent, Small and Powerless – A Christmas Essay by Fran Rossi Szpylczyn

Is there anything more antithetical to our way of life than being dependent, small and powerless? Yet if we follow Christ, we worship his as just those things as a child. At the same time, we are invited to reconcile ourselves with all that is such and rely on our God, who initiates all and [...]

Christmas Reflection – by Father Jerry Gingras

Christmas reflection, 2011 – By Father Jerry Gingras I remember when I was just eleven years old.  I was going to be an uncle for the first time.  I was thrilled especially since I was so young and my uncles seemed so old (they were probably in their forties!!).  The day came and first member [...]

Gloria in excelis Deo! A Christmas Guest Post by Sean Caron

Gloria in excelsis Deo! It was a high, round hill where they slept. It had stood there for almost a million years – ever since that part of the world had been formed. Its crown of grass was cropped short by the repeated grazings of their flocks. They lay in a rough circle around the [...]