Tag: Catholic

Incarnation Wonder – The Catholic Thing

Many have likely seen the amazing photos from the James Webb Space Telescope showing thousands of galaxies.  Not just stars, mind you, but galaxies, each of which is filled with trillions of stars.  Now imagine those thousands upon thousands of…

The Holy Innocents – The Catholic Thing

The Church, “expert in humanity” (as Pope Paul VI put it), knows that the mystery of Christmas (like that of Easter) is so great that it cannot be adequately plumbed – let alone celebrated – in a single day.  And so, taking a page out of our…

Christmas Joy – The Catholic Thing

The history of salvation is long. It begins, as we read in Genesis, even before Creation itself. Before space and time were, God already was preparing all that would unfold. The ultimate culmination of that story is as yet unknown, though it has…

A Pro-Life Christmas – The Catholic Thing

Let’s start with the “O Antiphons.”  They began yesterday.  There are seven of them, and they end on December 23. Then, with Christmas Eve and Christmas, they make nine – a novena – which is a period of expectation, the same in number as the…