How have you been preparing for Christmas?
My good buddy, Fr. Jack Collins, CSP has his latest video up on advent. Be sure to watch the guy wipe out skating at the end. So how do you…
Silently Guiding Her Home
Hospice. The word sounds ominous enough when it’s spoken in reference to an older person, but when it’s used to describe the dying months of a 37 year old woman,…
A Semester’s Grace
Our semester joyously came to an end unofficially here at St. Joseph’s with the last student mass this week. Final Exams are in full gear and semester departures for the…
Fr. Jim Martin on Mary
Nice job on the production too, by my colleague Kerry Weber at America.
Immaculate Conception
15 years ago today, I received a phone call that I wish I had never gotten. Dave Connors one of my college roommates had died after a long illness at…
God Bless This Mess
Reflection for the Advent Service for the Catholic Charities Volunteer Service Corps here in Buffalo. (Dumps garbage on the floor) What a mess! Who’s going to clean this mess up?…
Living Without for Advent
Paulist Father Frank DeSiano, CSP has moving and challenging words for us this advent. A snip: How often, though, do we imaging being without something? What a stretch of imagination…
Flurries from Heaven
Today we have the first sign of snow in Western New York as we start our December. It made me recall an article I wrote for BustedHalo® many moons ago.…
Should We Hold Off Decorating Until Christmas?
Deacon Greg pointed me to this pastoral letter by Bishop John Wester of Utah (who I’ve met a few times when he was in California–good guy!) regarding celebrating Advent during…
Join the Advent Conspiracy
How much do you spend on gifts? What if we all cut back just one gift a year? Or spent less on the gifts we usually buy? That would go…