Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.
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Month: December 2020
A Queen at the Christmas Crèche
At the end of this year of racial reckoning, with far too many images of black bodies killed, there was something moving in seeing the Queen of Sheba — an African woman, tall and proud — walk toward the Christ child bringing her extravagant gifts.
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GOSPEL COMMUNION: Mary, Mother of God
Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.
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60-Second Sermon: Epiphany of the Lord
Paul Inwood reflects on the Gospel Reading for the Epiphany of the Lord.
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Ars praedicandi: Feast of the Holy Family, Cycle B, Ed Foley
While our own stepping aside might not be as dramatic as Ian’s nor as final as Simeon’s nor as absolute at Jesus’ it, too, is our way to salvation.
Read moreRIP Reginald Foster – updated
Pray Tell has received word from Fr. Daniel McCarthy OSB that legendary Latinist Fr. Reginald Foster passed away on Christmas Day morning. Links to news
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Hallmark Movies or Jesus? Alternate Christmas Narratives
Christmas celebrates, as Taft used to say, the “whole schmear.”
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Onward from “the Virtual”
In a time in history in which everything is “virtual,” we ought never forget that God becomes one like us in truth and in reality.
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60-Second Sermon: Christmas Day
Rev. Ronald Raab, C.S.C., reflects on the Gospel Reading for Christmas Day.
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Ars praedicandi: Christmas at Night, Cycle B, Ed Foley
Recovering the true spirit of the season, entering into an authentic Christmas spirituality, is not about jingle bells and jolliness or a fleeting good cheer that quickly evaporates in the new year. Rather, it is about crafting deep joy about building a sustainable peace, about a giftedness that pours itself out for others, no matter what the cost.
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