An Advent reminder: Christmas is not just a nice holiday for cookies and get-togethers. It is a divine visitation necessary to deliver us from our spirtual captivity. To save us from ourselves, God sent Christ into enemy occupied territory on the greatest rescue...
“For whatever reason God chose to make man as he is – limited and suffering and subject to sorrows and death, He had the honesty and courage to take His own medicine. Whatever game He is playing with His creation, He has kept His own rules and played fair....
Peace One of names given in Old Testament prophecy to the coming Messiah is Prince of Peace. On this, the fourth Sunday of Advent, we examine this important aspect of God’s nature. For unto us a child is born; unto us a son is given; and the government shall be...
And people are looking for answers. For something that makes sense of the senseless. That gives hope to the hopeless. As Christians we have the answer. It’s Jesus Christ, the cross, and the empty tomb. And we have one more thing. The final words of Christ before his...
The proclaiming of the Gospel and the founding of the Church hinged entirely on twelve men whose most outstanding characteristic was their ordinariness (Acts 4:13). Only twelve. And one fell away and was replaced. But think of what Christ did with a dozen ordinary...