Click here for daily readings Many of you are likely very familiar with the Canticle of Zechariah. His words carry great meaning and recount the history of salvation, though it doesn’t often come to mind for me on Christmas Eve since we tend to focus on the Holy Family and the miracle of Jesus. Still,

Click here for daily readings A few more days and we will celebrate with great joy the birth of our Savior! We are told to look, see, pay attention, lift our heads, be alert, for a great messenger is coming who will point to the Savior. In today’s Gospel, Elizabeth and Zechariah rejoice in naming

Click here for daily readings The Jewish people were promised a savior, a messiah, and for thousands of years they faithfully awaited his arrival. They imagined a powerful, triumphant king descending from on high, leading a mighty army that would avenge his people and put their oppressors beneath his boot. God, author of the unexpected,

Click here for daily readings I confess that I struggle with a large ego. I want to be seen and acknowledged and validated. I simultaneously struggle with low self confidence. In this generation so many families fail due to prioritizing our individual needs above all else. Often unconsciously, we seek status and wealth, a common

Click here for daily readings This passage, often referred to as the Annunciation, marks one of the most profound moments in the Christian narrative. The angel Gabriel’s words to Mary are rich with theological and spiritual significance, revealing God’s intimate involvement in human history and the extraordinary role that Mary is called to play in

Click here for daily readings Today’s reading is unusual to say the least. Zechariah and Elizabeth are a childless elderly couple living ordinary lives as they serve their community. We ourselves might know one or two couples like them in our area. Yet their lives are changed forever when God’s message arrives through Gabriel the

Click here for daily readings Everyone finds themselves, at some point or another, faced with a seemingly impossible decision. All the choices seem awful and you’re just stuck. You have to pick one, even though you don’t like any of them. Joseph knows this feeling. He was faced with an impossible decision.  Joseph was a

Click here for daily readings “O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge!”  I never knew my maternal grandfather; he died a year and a half before I was born. But I have learned the stories about him: how he lied about

Click here for daily readings Jesus really is a burr in the saddle of the authority of his time. The scribes and Pharisees are so secure in their position of high-standing and so assured of their own wisdom, yet here is this nobody from Nazareth telling them that they are getting it all wrong. And