Finding and Bringing Jesus into our Advent
“Who am I, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:43) As Mary arrives to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who is pregnant with...
Preparing Your Hearts and Homes for Christmas - and Freebies!
Growing up, my family's motto was always "Better late than never!" We almost always made it to Mass in time for the homily, and usually...
Born
When we had our first child, my husband and I wondered how we would know what to do as our daughter grew older. We had no idea what to do...
Sheltered
Finally, a place to rest. Mary and Joseph, having found no room for them in Bethlehem, settle into a stable for the night. It's not a...
Rejected
We were traveling home from Colorado one year and decided to drive as far as we could before we stopped. We mapped it out and thought we...
Called
Turns out that being comfortable is not always in God's plan for us. When Mary was nine months pregnant with Jesus, there was an order...
Recognized
Don't you love when you get a haircut and people are trying to figure out what is different about you? Is it your glasses? A new shirt?...
Welcomed
We left Joseph and Mary in a state of rejection. Yes, there was mercy, but in the end it looks like each of them have rejected the other....
Dimissed
Her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. –Matthew 1:19 So...
Announced
"Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most...
