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What Did Mary Know?
Each year, with the turn of the new liturgical year and the observation of Immaculate Conception that follows, it’s become a reliable phenomenon that some degree of annual eruption over the song “Mary...
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It is ALWAYS Advent!
Among the many writings of retired bishop of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI, there is a small text that may be of increasing, and unexpected(!), benefit as we approach the season of Advent. It is his text,...
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Can we give up Christmas this Advent?
It’s time. Time to join my liturgical compatriots in our annual, tired lament about the proliferation of “Christmas” junk which barrages our senses, as my colleague Timothy Brunk recently noted,...
View ArticlePersonal Reflections on the Gospel of the First Sunday of Advent, Year A
I had been preparing for some time to preach on the First Sunday of Advent of Year A. Unfortunately, I was drawing a blank on how to present the apocalyptic worldview so strongly presented in the...
View Article60-Second Sermon: 2nd Sunday in Advent
Rev. Ronald Raab, C.S.C. reflects on the Gospel Reading (Matthew 3:1-12) for the 2nd Sunday in Advent (8 December 2019) for our Sixty Second Sermon Series. The post 60-Second Sermon: 2nd Sunday in...
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Hark! It’s Harold!
When I was very little, I truly thought that “Harold” was an angel’s name, and that the man who owned and ran Harold’s Grocery down the block from our house was lucky to have an angel’s name for his...
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Another Liturgical Year, Another Bare, Ruined Choir
In this dumpster-fire of a year, I received yet another blow to my liturgical desert-life. My home parish’s historic church building, located at 8th and Sycamore in Columbus, Indiana, will be...
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Catching the Light
. . . and the stars will be falling from heaven. MARK 13:25 Apocalyptic stars make a grand appearance in the lectionary texts for the First Sunday of Advent. I was reminded of these Advent stars...
View ArticleRock Us into Joy
Virtual worship. What an unusual and intriguing phrase, one that has made its way into my everyday vocabulary. Covid-19 has not been able to stop faith communities from worshiping together in spirit...
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Escaping Christmas
So, what’s your Advent been like? Have you put the Christmas tree up? Ours went up on November 12 (long story). Have your online shopping done? Maybe you share my annual battle where I try to apply...
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