Archive for December 2023
Advent Reflections Part 5: Christmas Day
Created by Joseph Benevento When we come home from whatever Christmas Mass we attended, full of good feelings from once again hearing about the birth of the Christ child, and…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections Part 4: The Birth of Jesus
Created by Joe Benevento One of the most iconic images in all of Christianity is the “manger scene,” the baby Jesus in “swaddling clothes” and placed in a manger in…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections Part 3: The Road to Bethlehem
Created by Joseph Benevento Only two of the four Gospels cover the birth of Jesus, Matthew and Luke. Both writers agree the birth took place in Bethlehem, but in Matthew…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections Part 2: The Visitation
Created by Joseph Benevento The first chapter of the Gospel of Luke tells us that Mary’s cousin Elizabeth was well into her pregnancy before Mary learned of it through a…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections Part 1: The Annunciation
Created by Joseph Benevento Or Listen on: YouTube | Spotify | iHeart Radio | Apple Podcasts What Catholic doesn’t love the traditional Christmas narrative, from the Annunciation straight through to the…
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