Beto spent Christmas in the mountains of northern Mexico with the Tarahumara tribe. As they celebrated Jesus’ birth, he found Christ alive in their warm hospitality and dependence on each other.
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Does God see me? The Incarnation and Nativity provide the answer.
When we feel overwhelmed or insignificant, we might ask, “Does God see me?” Through the Incarnation and the Nativity, God gives us an answer.
This Advent, Prepare Your Heart for Jesus by Changing How You Pray
Kicked out of his usual classroom, Patrick Hyland, SJ remembered his summers mowing lawns. The memories offered an unexpected spiritual encouragement.
Mommy, Cowboy : A Short Story
Enjoy this short story about a space cowboy who discovers a family and a home on a far distant planet.
Year after Year, The Gospels Wear Us Like a Pair of Leather Boots
The liturgical calendar invites us to order our lives around a cycle of stories. The same words return to collide with us in new ways. Like returning to a childhood bedroom in adulthood, memories pile up and dialogue.
“Emmanuel,” A Poem
Preparing for Christmas, Timothy reflects that “this is Emmanuel. God WITH us. He is not merely physically located with us in the same space and time, but He is hungry with us.”
This Christmas, Let’s End the Violence On Our Dinner Plates.
The idea of billions of sentient creatures slaughtered to satisfy our gastronomic wants around the holidays should give us pause. There are no good reasons for eating animal products as part of holiday traditions.
The Day After Christmas I Think about Death
It’s December 26th. The day after Christmas. And, weirdly, while we celebrated a birth yesterday, we remember a death today.