|The liturgical season can be a roller coaster ride. We ended the liturgical year by celebrating Christ the King and then entered Advent, preparing for the birth of a newborn infant, our king and savior. The Church devotes ...

|A theme running through today's readings is that of universalism. In the first reading we find: even the foreigner... will be accepted..., a non-genetic incorporation: my house... a house of prayer for all peoples. The ...

|"God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law to transom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons." - Galatians|When strangers used to see me with my son from India and my daughter from ...

|After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission,|they returned to Jerusalem, taking with them John, who is called Mark.|Acts 12:25|Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.|Acts ...