Month: November 2022

Each year during Advent, we have some pretty colorful readings, as you have probably noticed before: The prophecies of doom and restoration around the Exile in Babylon, Jesus announcing to his disciples his return and the end of the world, the final judgment. Later in Advent, we also hear about John the Baptist’s powerful predication…

Only twice in my time as a priest did I have someone getting really all upset during Bible study, and one time was while studying the passage of the Gospel we have just heard. This man who got all upset was one of the kindest person I’ve known but, for a reason I couldn’t understand…

Today, we have one of these passages of the Gospel that is important to hear with a little bit of historical background. Now I know what some may think when we say that: Oh, she is going to tell us not to read it literally but to understand all of this as symbols. And that’s…

Because that’s the best week to do that, let me start by telling you a story that is a little spooky. One day in Iceland, a young woman “au pair” was taking a walk with the little girl she was in charge of. On their way, they saw a church from afar and the little…