Today’s celebration is familiar to us, Christians. When the expression ‘Holy Family’ is pronounced, a picture comes immediately to our minds –that of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. But when the single word ‘family’ is spoken, it evokes pictures of all kinds. Nowadays, this singular word is often used with other words […]
1st Sunday of Advent, Year C
Of all the prophets we are familiar with, Jeremiah may not stand out as a prophet of… joy! He is well-known for his Lamentations! Yet on this 1st Sunday of Advent his message is a reassuring one (Jer.33:14-16). He tells us who our God is as he speaks of him […]