We hear that term a lot - the Good News of Jesus Christ. But what does it mean? What is the "Good News" that He has come to bring us? Tune in for Part 1 of the core message of the Gospel - that God loves us, and that we have turned our backs on Him through sin!

Salt was much more than a flavoring in Jesus' day - it also preserved food from corruption. So, when Jesus calls us the salt, He is saying that we have the role of living so radically for Him that the lives of Christians prevent the world from falling into utter ruin. Will you - and I - be the salt that saves our country and our world?

The Chosen People delighted in their unique relationship with God - and Jesus Christ came to form a new Chosen People, the Catholic Church. Built not on 12 tribes but on 12 Apostles, the Church is not just a gathering of believers but a mystical extension of Christ's life on earth. Tune in to hear how our Faith traces its connection back to the Twelve!

Ordinary Time is not "boring time" - rather, it is a time to focus on the Universal Call to Holiness. Every baptized Christian has the duty to seek the fullness of perfection and holiness by living a life in union with Jesus Christ. It doesn't require anything extraordinary, just your ordinary life lived for Him! Tune in to hear some myths about holiness debunked, and find out how to live holiness in everyday life!

How did the Magi learn that there would be a Messiah in Israel? Because of a seemingly-unconnected tragedy in Israel's history, six hundred years earlier! History is not just a series of events and battles, philosophies and cultures - rather, it is the unfolding of God's providential plan for the salvation of souls and the restoration of all things in Christ. What role do you and I play in this majestic plan? We ARE part of a quest, and can cooperate with His designs - because history is truly His story!

Mary is known by many beautiful titles. Today, Fr. Joseph will discuss two of them: Tower of David and Gate of Heaven. How does Mary perfectly fulfill God's promises to David? And how is She the perfect connection between Heaven and Earth? Maria, ora pro nobis!

The birth of Jesus is a visual reminder of the depths of God's love for us. But this love demands a response - will you give Him love for love?

This past week we remembered one of the darkest days in recent memory: the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Many people asked, "Where is God?" in the midst of such an unspeakable tragedy. Can we believe in a God Who is Emmanuel (God-With-Us) when there is true evil in the world? Hear Fr. Joseph's testimony of how Emmanuel sustained him in the face of this grim tragedy...and how the knowledge of God's unfailing presence always gives us hope.

We often hear that Advent is a time of waiting - but waiting for what? Christ already came two thousand years ago...but we are still waiting for His final victory over darkness, sin, and death. While we wait for Him, we should wait upon Him - attentive to His every prompting, ready to do His will!

Every Christmas, we pray for peace on earth - then why do we still see divisions and animosity? Because we have not yet made our peace with God! Only when we are reconciled to Jesus Christ, Who Himself is the reconciliation between God and humanity, will we ever find peace in our hearts, our homes, and our world.