Beginning with December 17 and running through December 23 Evening Prayer of the breviary includes prayers that begin with O nbsp These are prayers or more specifically antiphons which indicate titles given to Jesus of Nazareth nbsp The first of these that of December 17 is O Wisdom nb

I am not certain that I understand lolspeak or its origin though I think it must have started at some point with texting teens I do understand that LOL is laughing out loud I am quite certain that I do not understand the online phenomenon of lolcats but they seem to be everywhere Now howev

Anticipation Preparation Waiting Waiting Each of the three readings for the Third Sunday of Advent speak of waiting in one form or another Isaiah 35 which hearkens the coming Messiah describes that the ldquo desert and the parched land will exult the steppe will rejoice and bloom They

Last year I posted on the readings for The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary which caused a stir I did not expect when I argued that the biblical readings alone do not lead necessarily to the Church s teaching on the Immaculate Conception of Mary but that Tradition is essential for this u

We are in the midst of Hanukkah the Jewish Festival of Lights which is celebrated beginning on the 25th of the Jewish month of Chislev for eight days This year the Festival which falls in late November to late December in our calendar is celebrated from December 1-9 This festival commemorates

Regular readers will recall that America published a special issue on the Bishops Synod on the Middle East in October Here we offer a reflection from one of the bishops who took part in the meeting Gregory Mansour Eparch of the Eparchy of Saint Maron The task before him was great but only Pete