Dec 25, 2025 | Staff Blog
Most of the time, I like the idea of love, the notion of love, love in the abstract, more than I actually love. But love, and the idea of love, are not the same thing. The idea of love allows me to stand at a distance from whatever I’m seeking to love. I can think...
Dec 24, 2025 | Staff Blog
Silent nightHoly nightAll is calmAll is bright Nothing tests you or your relationship quite like the first 10 days with a newborn baby. As a new mother, you’re in an unfamiliar, healing body; you’re responsible for keeping alive a complete stranger with no survival...
Dec 23, 2025 | Staff Blog
“The God, who is greater than God, has only one thing on Her mind, and that is to drop, endlessly, rose petals on our heads. Behold the One who can’t take His eyes off of you.” -Fr Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion Love is...
Dec 22, 2025 | Staff Blog
Joyful singing we are bringing to the Child, Emmanuel!See the Holy Infant Lowly who came down to earth to dwell!Lift a song in jubilation, join with us in celebration!Now the star shines high above; He’s the King of Peace and Love!Dona Nobis Pacem Today we begin to...
Dec 19, 2025 | Homepage Highlights
“The desert will rejoice and flowers bloom in the wastelands.” (Is. 35:1) I haven’t observed a “super bloom” in Death Valley, but I’ve seen the photos of a desert floor covered in wildflowers. It occurs when the clouds deliver rain beyond desert expectations. The...
