Living the Liturgical Year

Here in this season of joyful anticipation, let us learn from the wonder of young children at both the beauty of Christmas and the gift of new life. Working in a preschool as an expectant mother, I often have wide eyed four year olds walk up to me, put their hands on my belly and in awe beg, “is she still in there?” or “what is she doing?” They are so taken by the mystery and gift of life, I cannot help but be moved by their fascination and curiosity...

Joyful Receptivity. I think that my knee-jerk reaction to that is an eye roll. I have never really considered myself joyful, I am pretty content being a glass-half-empty kind of girl. I tend to see the bad in the world and my heart aches for something new. I think this is what continually calls me back to Christ. He is a reminder that with all the very real sorrows of this world there is always good...

Parishioner, Lynn, shares about how a dream led her to reflecting on Mary and saying yes to doing God's will.

As we enter into this season of Advent together as a parish family, it seems timely to turn our focus to our core value of joyful receptivity. I don’t know about you, but the normal stresses of everyday life, the constant news cycle full of pain, injustice and confusion, coupled with the societal pressures of the holiday season (Plan all the things! Do all the things! Buy all the things! And hurry!) have me feeling constantly on edge and anything but joyful or receptive...