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

How do you feel about getting older? How does the process of aging feel in your body?

The story of salvation begins with two old people who have nothing to show for their lives and nothing to lose.

For most of the summers of my childhood, my family took an annual trip to Eagle River, Wisconsin and stayed in the small cabin my Uncle Pat owned in the North Woods on Otter Lake, which was part of a chain of 28 lakes.

[Into cell phone.] “Oh, hi! I was wondering when you’d call. I know, we’re lucky if we can catch our breath after the holidays. 

Coming together as God’s family, with confidence let us ask for forgiveness, for God is full of gentleness and compassion.

At the school of Nazareth every family learns to be a workshop of love, unity, and openness to life.

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