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“There can be no sadness when life is being born.” St. Leo the Great (400-461). Happy Birthday, Jesus. To access this post, you must purchase Standard Membership, Standard Membership - Yearly, Video Membership, Video Membership - Yearly, Coaching Membership, Coaching...
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“Christmas does not give us a ladder to climb out of the human condition,” Avery Dulles wrote. “It gives us a drill to burrow into the heart of everything that is, and there, find it already shimmering with divinity.” At Advent, flesh is enspirited and spirit is...
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“This story my own father told me years ago from his own experience as a teacher. It was near Christmas time and, as classes often do at that time of the year, various projects were being done relating to Christmas. My father was headmaster and went to visit a...
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John Shea has a book of poetry called “The Hour of the Unexpected.” In this collection is a poem “Sharon’s Christmas Prayer:” She was five,Sure of the factsand recited themwith slow solemnity,convinced every wordwas revelation. She said, They were so poorThey had only...
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A little boy’s father had been killed in the Iraq War before the boy had ever known him. All he had was a picture of his father, which was placed on an end table in the living room right under the light. One day he said to his mother: “I… To access this post,...
