Daily Meditation for December 24, 2024
When Joseph and Mary arrived in Bethlehem, there was no room for them to stay. The town was far too small to have an inn, so Joseph must have expected […]
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Daily Meditation for December 23, 2024
While this is a rather frantic time of year for many people as they prepare for the upcoming holidays, nature also gives us a time of quiet darkness that can […]
Daily Meditation for December 20, 2024
Hope is a central theme in the season of Advent and a deep longing in our hearts, perhaps now more than ever. Our troubled world brings forth great concern for […]
Daily Meditation for December 19, 2024
“Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting” (Henri Nouwen). Advent is all about waiting: waiting for […]
Daily Meditation for December 18, 2024
December 18 is International Immigration Day. In 2000, the United Nations General Assembly set aside this date for this observance. Care and concern for the immigrant has a long Biblical […]
Playing at Work, or Is It?
Do you ever get caught at your computer playing your favorite game? I think I am looking extremely involved in whatever I am working on when suddenly someone that I […]
Daily Meditation for December 17, 2024
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” (Archbishop Desmond Tutu). Hope is the essence of Advent. In the northern hemisphere, daylight hours […]
Daily Meditation for December 16, 2024
A road trip introduces the story of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem. Pictures usually depict Mary riding serenely on a donkey, which is being led by Joseph through a pleasant landscape. […]
Daily Meditation for December 13, 2024
Albert Einstein reminds us, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” For example, is there a neighbor who goes out of her […]
Daily Meditation for December 12, 2024
Recently you have heard the Gospel about the end of the world. With this in mind, we recall the two great commandments that Jesus gave us: love your God above […]
