We wait in joyful hope. So continues the new church year, Cycle B, with the season of Advent.

First impressions tell a lot. Mark begins his gospel with the words of a wild man, a desert dweller, a rabble rouser, a voice crying out in the wilderness.

How do you know who you are, and whom you’re called to be? It could be as simple as paying attention to your generation and its circumstances.

Growing up, December 6 was a big day in my house.

How do we choose whom to invite to a party this holiday season? Some we have no choice about inviting—the boss, co-workers, family members, the neighbor who invited you to her party.

Brothers and sisters, as we prepare the way of the Lord, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

Be who you are, and be that well, in order to make a masterwork of the divine artist’s design.

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