Here we are again in December and ADVENT has arrived! Already department stores are decked with Christmas lights and decorations and there is a huge increase in Internet sales of Christmas gifts with “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” now added to the “shopping days to Christmas”! And yet, so often, this big spend leaves a trail of troubles and misery in its wake. A commercial...
These two months challenge us to keep “awake” the Year of Mercy which will conclude on November 20th, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. This Jubilee is going by very quick-ly and maybe our experience and involvement in it up to now, has been somewhat lacking. Did we go out of our way to experience God’s Mercy to become more “capable” of sharing...
