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Merry Christmas!
The last week or so we have been immersed in Matthew and Luke’s Christmas stories. We have heard the Angel Gabriel’s soothing words to Joseph. We have journeyed with Mary and Joseph as they made the long journey to Bethlehem. We have seen children act out the famous scenes of [...]
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Christmas I, Year A, 2010
26Dec10Christmas I, Year B, 2008
28Dec08In honor of the incarnation that we celebrated this week, today’s readings are all about the law and grace.
Now, when I hear the words “the Law”, the first images I think of are American ones. I think of dusty sheriffs patrolling the western frontier. I think of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. I think of [...]
Christmas Eve, Year A, 2007
24Dec07Are you lost?
We all get lost sometimes. I get lost around these parts fairly regularly. I wept like a little girl more than once my first year as a priest in Greenwood, when I was lost in the country because someone had stolen a street sign or because I missed an obvious landmark. We get [...]
Do you ever have those years during which you have more sympathy for the Grinch than for Santa Claus?
Usually I am chomping at the bit to decorate for Christmas and only allow myself to be unleashed on the ornaments and greenery the day after Thanksgiving. So, that Friday is usually a frenzy of pine, tinsel [...]
Christmas Eve, Year B, 2005
24Dec05And Mary pondered these things in her heart.
Mary had a lot to ponder that night long ago. The child that had grown within her so miraculously and then been carried so precariously through the long journey to Bethlehem had finally been born. Instead of a quiet moment with her new baby in a safe and [...]
