How can I not be heartened about a future made up of such a present?
Americans who had a positive religious experience as kids are most likely to keep the same faith as adults.
“We all feel a wound in our body of Christ, knowing what’s happening to them,” said Fran Gardner-Smith.
Christmas is a time of celebrating a great mystery and wonderful sacrament of God choosing incarnation. Jesus was embodied. So are we.
The Prophet Isaiah had strong views about political issues of his day, and his words, which Catholics and others who use the Common Lectionary read over the four Sundays of Advent, are impossible to hear without applying them to politics today.
