commeNTARY BlogCommentaryOpen Window Living with Hope (and Butter on the Counter) Rita BuettnerDecember 26, 20243 min read I love making cookies, especially at Christmastime. But I can’t always find the time to bake. Sometimes in the morning as I look ahead at the day, I think maybe, just maybe, I’ll have time to make cookies today. So, I pull some butter out of the fridge and leave it to soften on the […] ChristmasCommentaryFeature Celebrating the gift of salvation all Christmas season long D.D. EmmonsDecember 26, 20246 min read There are feasts and events in the first month of the year that help us assimilate the miracle of Christmas Day and understand who this new child is, his divinity and the meaning of his birth. AmenAmen Gunty CommentaryCommentaryJubilee 2025 The best of things Christopher GuntyDecember 24, 20244 min read The Archdiocese of Baltimore will offer six pilgrimage sites in Baltimore, Emmitsburg and Cumberland, as well as jubilee passports to check your progress in participating in the jubilee year. ChristmasCommentary Jesus, Lord at — and before — thy birth F. Douglas KneibertDecember 24, 20247 min read Advent and Christmas are the appropriate times to meditate on the deep mysteries of the Incarnation. May the Child Jesus and his Blessed Mother be your guides. ChristmasCommentary ‘A Christmas Carol’ Russell ShawDecember 23, 20243 min read I don’t know about you, but I make a point of giving “A Christmas Carol” a fresh reading every year, and it never disappoints. Charity in TruthCommentaryFeatureJubilee 2025 The Door of Hope Archbishop William E. LoriDecember 23, 20243 min read In opening the Holy Door, Pope Francis opens the door of hope for the Church and for the whole human family. ChristmasCommentary Glory to the newborn King Scott P. RichertDecember 22, 20244 min read Even today, when our virtual “connections” have led to the widespread destruction of face-to-face and day-to-day literal connections, our hearts still long for the ties that George Bailey strained so long against. AmenAmen Matysek CommentaryChristmasCommentary Christmas silence George P. Matysek Jr.December 21, 20244 min read Maybe silence, especially at a time of the year so filled with what the Grinch referred to as “NOISE, NOISE, NOISE” can be the way we can encounter Christ in a more meaningful way. CommentaryJubilee 2025 Opening up bricked-in doors Jaymie Stuart WolfeDecember 20, 20244 min read Splendor and reverence are largely absent from our daily lives, and mostly abandoned by the dominant secular culture that casualizes almost everything. ChristmasCommentaryConflict in the Middle East Why I’m spending Christmas in Bethlehem this year Father Patrick BriscoeDecember 20, 20243 min read The small, struggling city where Jesus Christ was born holds a deeper urgency — and a quiet, heartbreaking beauty. Previous 1 … 62 63 64 … 303 Next