|Falling Down and Being Lifted Up|In the Nativity scenes we set up in churches and homes we are familiar with the three figures that make their appearance today, joining the figures of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, shepherds and ...

|Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,|who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,|as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world,|to be holy and without blemish ...

|Falling Down and Being Lifted Up|In the Nativity scenes we set up in churches and homes we are familiar with the three figures that make their appearance today, joining the figures of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, shepherds and ...

"When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee … and went to live in Capernaum by the sea."|Matthew 4:12|I often watched my friend, Jesus, when he first returned to us in Capernaum after John was ...

|My friends, co-heirs, co-partners, fellow travelers…….Christ is with us, and we are filled with joy and hope.  As the Christmas season will soon conclude, today's readings invite us to reflect upon what has been revealed ...