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…
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Shiny Motivations
Mark 12:38-44 | 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Shiny Motivations My initial reaction after reading the story of the Widow’s Contribution in Mark was “God knows our heart.” The widow had an excuse not to give. She needed…
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time – Self- Love: The Basis of a Good and Godly Life
Mark 12:28b-34 | 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Self- Love: The Basis of a Good and Godly Life For some reason, when I read The Greatest Commandment in Mark this time, it struck me in a new way….