The Synodal Process
The Synodal Process Catholics around the world are embarking on the synodal process. But what is that? Honestly, it sounds like a medical procedure — probably a diagnostic one at that — full of pain and uncertainty. Actually, that is…
Getting Hands-On with Jesus
Getting Hands-On with Jesus The donkey in the creche of my growing up years has tottered to Bethlehem on three legs for over forty years, the cow’s nose chipped off long ago in a skirmish with a sheep, Mary’s hand…
EMMANUEL: GOD WITH US!
EMMANUEL: GOD WITH US! Advent and Christmas are seasons filled with many beautiful traditions. Like most families, ours has several that add richness and meaning to our celebrations. One such tradition in the Pajk house is to set up the…
Winter… Advent… Christmas… – it’s a season of simplicity.
Winter… Advent… Christmas… – it’s a season of simplicity. Ha! Really? Then why are we so busy, busy, busy, like the magician in Frosty the Snowman? Is it because we have so many expectations of what we need to do…
Advent: Prepare, Plan, Dream
Advent: Prepare, Plan, Dream Today, we begin the four weeks of Advent. Four weeks of preparation. Four weeks of hopeful anticipation of the birth of Christ. It would be so easy to breeze right through these four weeks and keep…
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Preparing for Jesus
Mark 13:24-32 | 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Preparing for Jesus This week’s gospel focus on the end times is an interesting read for the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Next week, we start preparing for Christ’s…