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Growing in Ordinary Time

After the joy and splendor of the fifty-day celebration of Easter, we enter what the modern Church calendar labels as “Ordinary Time.” While the word “ordinary” may evoke more of a hum-drum, uneventful quality for us today, this is simply the Church describing that we are in ordered/ordinal, or numbered time (hence, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time) ... [click to read more]
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Lent: Liturgical Reflections

With Lent beginning next week, it is a good time for us to begin contemplating what fruit the season of Lent is supposed to bear in our spiritual lives, and how we can encourage that growth.
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent

The Advent hymn, “O Come O Come Emmanuel” is one that is certainly familiar to our ears. Also known as the “O Antiphons,” the words of this significant hymn possess strong connections to the Messianic prophecies.
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The Third Sunday of Advent

This week we approach Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, named after the first word of the Entrance Antiphon (“Gaudete”, or “Rejoice”)....
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The Second Sunday in Advent

A single candle of our Advent wreath has been lit, and with each passing week the light will manifest until the entire wreath is illuminated ...
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The First Sunday in Advent

Soon, we will begin a new liturgical year with the celebration of Advent. Derived from the Latin word, Adventus, meaning arrival, this four week season has a dual purpose ...
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