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Featured Favorite: Christmas is a beginning

Jesus was born in a stable because there was no room or him in the inn. The innkeeper didn’t know that the Son of God was coming to him. He wasn’t prepared and missed a great blessing.

If the innkeeper had known what we know, how differently he might have acted. The Scriptures would have acknowledged him as a participant in this great event. The gospel might read, “Jesus was born in an inn in Bethlehem, far from his home, attended by the innkeeper and the innkeeper’s wife.” Pilgrimages would bring the faithful to this famous inn instead of to the cave.

Jesus / Joy / Nancy Ward / Scriptures

NewEvangelizers: Are you ready for Advent?

Something wonderful is about to happen to you. Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart. As you ready for his joyful coming? Jesus said to his disciples: Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes...

Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR

Fr. Bob Hilz / Jesus / Joy / Scriptures

Friars Corner: Alive and shining with Jesus

2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 I AM PRAYING THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE A SAFE AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND HOLY SEASON. PEACE AND GREAT JOY. This year Sunday is the only day of the fourth week of Advent. The readings go back to the covenant...

Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR

Fr. Bob Hilz / Holy Spirit / Prayer

Friars Corner: Be Alive for Jesus

Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 In the past weeks we looked at Jesus coming a second time at the end of the world, see Matthew 25:31-46, the final judgment. Then there is a second coming for each us when we see Jesus in his resurrected glory a few minutes...