The first coming of Christ was when He came to the world at the first Christmas in Bethlehem. It’s not something we can really “prepare” for because it’s already happened. What Christmas allows us to do is celebrate and rejoice the first coming of Christ in history.
(more…)In our Catholic wisdom, we talk about three different comings of Christ that we wait for during this Advent season. I’ll discuss each one over the next three days, so check back in tomorrow.
(more…)Today is the first Sunday of Advent – the opening of the new Church year. Advent is the time we concentrate on waiting. Come, Lord Jesus, and help us be patient in our waiting.
(more…)A blessed Thanksgiving! My love and prayers to you all – God bless!
(more…)Tomorrow is the feast of Thanksgiving and we praise God. God doesn’t need our gratitude, but does love when we thank Him, so He can give us more.
(more…)The most grateful we are for what God has given us, the more charitable we become. Charity flows from thanksgiving.
(more…)What’s beautiful about gratitude is that even in thanking God, we admit there are things we don’t have. There is an emptiness and need in our hearts and souls that only God can fill. One of the things we most need is salvation — we can’t save ourselves.
(more…)Happy Sunday! Today is the last Sunday of the Church year, the feast of Christ the King. Did you know the word Eucharist comes from the Greek word for thanksgiving. As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, one of the best ways we can thank God is through Mass.
What is most important about Thanksgiving is not what we’re eating or where we are. It’s gratitude. Gratitude encourages us to fight entitlement. Anything we have comes from God and we should be grateful for it.
(more…)When we thank God, we admit that we need and depend on Him. I think it’s a good example of the virtue of humility. The Little Flower said humility is the beginning of all virtue. We acknowledge that we can do nothing without God and with Him, nothing is impossible.
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