The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, always celebrated on February 2, marks the 40th day after Christmas, when Mary and Joseph went up to the Temple in Jerusalem to present the infant Jesus to the Lord, as mandated in the Mosaic Law.
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An appreciation for St. Paul
St. Paul is the only holy individual in the entire history of the Church whose conversion to the faith has its own liturgical feast, celebrated every January 25.
Six months ‘Into the Deep’
We have just passed the six-month point since Into the Deep started. I am grateful and pleased for the generous spirit, hard work, and sacrificial generosity exhibited by so many during the initial phase of the implementation of this ambitious strategic plan.
Pray for our priests: Present and future
Every January, I am blessed to lead a retreat for fourth-year deacons from St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee. As you read this column, we are on retreat at Joseph and Mary Retreat House in Mundelein, Ill., and I ask for your prayers for these men.
Embracing history and culture
As we enter into a new year of grace, I urge everyone to consciously build up a Catholic culture around you, and watch what the Lord will do!
A Christmas reflection
A Catholic Christmas, with the Mass of the Nativity of Christ, a sincere Confession, joyful prayer, Yuletide hymns, and the liturgical feasts front and center, brings us face to face with the shocking nearness of God and His extraordinary love for each of us.
It’s time to rejoice!
The Third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday — Latin for “Let us rejoice.”
God is one with us
The universal phenomenon of carving sacred images manifests the common impulse within human nature to see the divine, to indeed perceive the face of God.
Being thankful
As we once again celebrate Thanksgiving, the holiday invites us to sit back and take stock of the gracious enormity of God’s generosity to us.
Time to de-clutter our souls
I have recently been trying to declutter my life. My office, car, and apartment are filled with a motley collection of papers, knick-knacks, delayed correspondence, unneeded clothing, and varied things that have just piled up over the course of time.