The virgin will be with child and bear a son and she shall name him Immanuel which means God is with us Isaiah 7 10-14 God with us Who can believe it Such love and concern for me in my world Can I

Mark 16 9-20 are inspired by God inerrant and canonical just as is the rest of the Gospel of Mark Most scholars believe however that someone other than Mark wrote these verses they argue that the style and vocabulary of Mark 1 1 16 8 shows an author different from the one who has hi

Fr Peter Schineller associate editor at America draws on the wisdom of Mesier Eckhart Origen and St Francis in this reflection for the fourth week of Advent

A Jewish day began at one sundown and ended at the next sundown Thus Jesus death day ends at sundown as does any preparation of the body for burial this is counted as day one Buried by sundown of day one Jesus body cannot be further ministered to on day two because that day two is a S

A man of God came to me he had the appearance of an angel of God terrible indeed He said to me You will be with child and will bear a son The boy shall be consecrated to God from the womb until the day of his death

Snow has fallen this past week throughout Minnesota and more will be falling tonight and tomorrow and the next day In Minnesota we are not dashing through the snow - this is appropriate for one horse open sleighs but not most cars We are however dashing through Advent or at least I am One