On the next days after Christmas my true love gave to me... four days of death. Welcome to the Octave of Christmas.

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Today is filled with expectation. Liturgically, today is the Vigil of Christmas, a day for preparing our hearts for the coming of Jesus. After all there's only one more sleep 'till Christmas.

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Four times each year the Church calls to mind the gifts of the earth and asks us to give thanks. Thanks to God and thanks to farmers.

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It's not enough to say that you are Christian. It's not even enough to believe the right things. You have to actually do it.

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The Hebrew Bible ends with a prophecy that Elijah will return to herald the coming Messiah. Jews often leave an empty chair for him at seder meals. But what if he already came...

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When Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego at Guadalupe in 1531 she called him "Juanito... Little John." God did some really big things with this little peasant.

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St. Ambrose is known for his outstanding teaching of the Catholic faith. His preaching also inspired the greatest convert in Church history, St. Augustine.

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Jesus knows how to fish. He hooked Andrew and the other apostles. Now it's our turn. Time to go fish.

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Advent begins with the image of the mountain of God. No one climbs a mountain be accident, so we need to decide to start... today.

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Today at 4pm, the year will end. Liturgically speaking. But a new year will also begin. Life is a lot like this.

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