Faith

Tonight is New Year’s Eve and some of us are partying as much as COVID-19 will allow. Some of us are making New Year’s resolutions about the things we will do better in the coming year. All of us are hoping for a better 2021. The story of the unnamed woman in John 8: 3-14…

In honor of the Christmas season, for the next three weeks, I will be looking at ordinary women that Jesus himself interacts with, starting with the interwoven stories of Jairus’ daughter and the unnamed women suffering from uncontrolled bleeding. Many of the women I have looked at in this column so far, are based upon…

We have made it through Advent and the waiting period: that time for our hearts to connect to the renewal opportunity this season brings. We should stand in awe of Christmas being at the end of the calendar year. With so much celebration — the lights, sounds, colors, and hope – this is exactly what…

CONCEPTION, Mo. — While the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at Conception Abbey is closed to the public this year, the monks have invited the community members to join from their own homes for the tradition of Midnight Mass on Christmas and 11 a.m. Mass on Christmas Day. The two liturgies will be livestreamed at…

The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when asked when there would be enough women on the Supreme Court answered with “When there are nine.” When some expressed surprise, she pointed out that there had been nine men on the court for over 200 years. So the question of “How many is enough?” How many are significant?”…

The Song of Mary is only found in the Gospel of Luke. This song of praise, also known as The Magnificat, offers a beautiful testimony of all that God had done for Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Magnificat is Latin for “My soul magnifies the Lord.” This Song of Mary comes about through Mary’s…

Last week, I looked at Tabitha’s place in the story of Peter and the early church. At first glance it might seem everything that could be said about Tabitha/Dorcas has been said, but no. Who was Tabitha in life? How did she function in the early church of Joppa. What did others think of her?…

Almost the first thing we learn about Tabitha in Acts 9 is that she has two names. “Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas.” Maybe this is a hint of Tabitha’s importance, like Saul becoming Paul but maybe it is a hint of her ordinariness. She, like many of this time has a name in Aramaic…

It is Advent. A time of preparing. A time of renewal. A time of arriving! We learn this through the definition of advent: the arrival of a notable person, thing or event. The season of Advent marks the most notable of notables, Jesus the Christ. Jesus is the full characterization of Advent as we see…