A cherished memory from my childhood is the annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at my grandparents' Methodist church. Every year my large family of...

Mary and Joseph Are Expecting

Reflections Andy Otto

About nine months ago we celebrated the Annunciation when the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would conceive God's son. It was at...

Praying with the Season’s Songs

Reflections Maureen McCann Waldron

The hymns of Advent and Christmas offer a wonderful way to pray. Music is a powerful part of my prayer life, because music is...

Holding Baby Jesus

Reflections Cara Callbeck

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). That one sentence took on a whole new meaning for me when I experienced...

Three Things the Holy Family Can Teach Us About Saying Yes to God

Reflections Becky Eldredge

Advent is one of my favorite seasons of the year, and it a season that invites us to celebrate and remember the story of...

Images of Jesus

Reflections Lisa Kelly

I was raised with Franco Zeffirelli's blue-eyed, long-haired Jesus as the image in my mind at prayer time. It was an image that was...

Grateful for the Annoyances

Reflections Ginny Kubitz Moyer

Years ago, I came across a greeting card with a quotation attributed to Anton Chekhov: “Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day...

The Beautiful Racket of My Life

Reflections Becky Eldredge

After eight days of silence and stillness on my retreat at Eastern Point Retreat house, I was ready to return to the noise of...

Fight for the Space to Give Thanks

Reflections Jurell Sison

As I make my way in the working world as a minister for one of the largest and busiest parishes in the Cleveland diocese,...

Eucharistic Thanksgiving

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

This month we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. Eucharist means “thanksgiving,” and in the liturgy, we as a community express thanks at many...

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