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Merry Christmas: Incarnate Love is Born Today

Image of The same Word through whom the Universe was made is the Incarnate Word through whom it is being re-created. That transformation will only be complete when all things are reconstituted in Him in the new Heaven and New Earth.

Let us become a Christmas people offering through the witness of our lives the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ, to a world waiting to be ... continue reading


Pope Benedict: The Grace of Christmas: 'To All' and 'For All'

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The Official English full text of Pope Benedict XVI's 'Urbi et et Orbi' Christmas Message to the Church and the World. ROME (Catholic ... continue reading



Commentary: Jesus - The true reason for the season

Christmas can transcend circumstances when we remember that the reason for the season is Jesus! “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, ... continue reading


Nativity Scenes Vandalized Nationwide

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League reports from across the nation about nativity scenes being vandalized. NEW YORK, N.Y. (Catholic ... continue reading


Sculptor follows God to focus on family, then craft

McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - The life-size sculpture of Jesus, emerging from the water after his baptism, took center stage in the kitchen ... continue reading


Diversity arises in more churches

McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - The Sunday service at Durham, N.C.'s King's Park International Church features a blast of hymns, gospel and ... continue reading



Mary and the 'More Excellent Way'

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When Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth, she bore within her the Incarnate Word of God as a living tabernacle of love. CHESAPEAKE, Va. ... continue reading


Hail Mary, Full of Grace

Image of What came about in bodily form in Mary, the fullness of the godhead shining through Christ in the Blessed Virgin, takes place in a similar way in every soul that has been made pure. The Lord does not come in bodily form, for ‘we no longer know Christ according to the flesh’, but He dwells in us spiritually and the father takes up His abode with Him, the Gospel tells us. In this way the child Jesus is born in each of us. (Gregory of Nyssa)

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was ... continue reading


Father Cantalamessa: Give Birth to Christ This Christmas

Decide to change your lifestyle and enter into the category of the poor and humble, who, like Mary, only seek the grace of God. VATICAN ... continue reading


Bishop Finn: God’s Blessing for a Wonderful Christmas

Advent is quickly coming to an end. Whether we are fully prepared or not Our Lord comes and we celebrate His Birth. Kansas City - St. ... continue reading


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