We can learn a lot from the faith of the Magi.  How often do we, who have the full revelation of Jesus Christ and his Gospel, instead seek our own worldly agenda, following the example of miserable King Herod?  Blog post: https://spesindomino.org/2023/01/05/epiphany-faith-vs-power/

St. Anastasia shares in the Incarnation by sharing her feast day with the commemoration of Christ's Nativity on the Solemnity of Christmas. 

Blog post: Merry Christmas (and Feast of St. Anastasia)! - Spes in Domino

“Of The Father’s Love Begotten” is a beautiful and ancient hymn.  Written in Latin in the 5th century by Aurelius Prudentius (translated in the 19th century by Henry W. Baker and J.M. Neale); the tune is Divinum Mysterium, an 11th century chant. Concordia is the recording artist, from Hymns for All Saints: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany. The image is The Nativity, by Tintoretto, originally 1550s, reworked 1570s (also the featured image at the top of this page).

What is man that the Creator even notices us? And yet he does more: he becomes one of us. That's what we await during Advent.

Read the original post at: What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him? - Spes in Domino

Lets show a little love for the mother tongue. Read the original post here.

Who would you expect to be more open to conversion, prison inmates, or students at a Catholic college? 

What if you set out not to find something? Atheists and the search for God.

This is the transformative power of faithful suffering.  If we let him, Christ can transform our suffering into a powerful force for the good of our fellow men and women. Not only that, there are rewards for the sufferer as well. Our faith teaches us that when we join our sufferings to Christ’s, we never suffer alone. (Blog Post: "What do you say to a God who permits bone cancer in children? Ask Chiara Badano")

The Presentation looks back to Christmas, but ahead to the Cross, and reminds us that only Jesus Christ can make sense of the Paradox of Pain.

If you want to change the Church, if you want to change the beliefs that have animated Christians for two millennia, you need to take away the concrete images, the traditional words, and the familiar actions that embody the traditional understanding of the faith.