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‘Shine like lights in the universe, as you hold out the Word of life’ (Phil. 2: 15, 16). A season of silence ends: now back to airports,...

‘Advent means a heart that is awake and ready, which does not let itself become bitter and deadened by hard blows but stays awake and...

Our trouble lies not in heavy-handed religion but in banal lullabies that assure us that God is love, all love, and only wants our...

‘Perhaps what we modern people need most is to be genuinely shaken…God permits this whirlwind to go over the earth…This is the first...

“Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. I [John the Baptist] am baptizing you with water,...

‘Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake!’(Matt. 24:41, 42) Advent asks us...

A young man who repented as a teen from ‘gay’ identification, Nate is growing into his masculinity as Jesus grows within him. I have the...

Advent starts with a bang this year if Jesus’ words in Sunday’s Gospel reading are true. Luke 21: 25-36 describes the terrifying...

‘Comfort, comfort my people…in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord!’ (IS 40) The fires of Advent convict us even as they warm us. His...

“When Mary was betrothed to Joseph but before they lived together she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her...

‘When the John the Baptist heard in prison that of the works of Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus who asked Him: ‘Are You the one?’...

Advent 2: Beauty, Burning ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! Produce fruit in keeping with repentance…I...

In ‘The Gift’ I write: ‘Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water...

‘The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.’ (Rom. 13:11)...

‘At Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s baby leapt in her womb and she was filled with the Holy Spirit.’ (Lk 1:41) At the same time that angel...