Giving Gifts to God Babe of Bethlehem,Your Star still lights the way.You are the loveliest flower,You are the Father’s good creation,A wondrous bouquet. Kings are approaching,Bearing gifts,While this New Day dawns. This day finds me by Your side,Reverently watching,As you nurseAt Mother Mary’s breast.In the ordinary tasks of Motherhood,Mary is all gift. Strangely, I am … Continue reading →

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Solemnity of the Assumption (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B) The first three evangelists, Saints Matthew, Mark, and Luke, all detail the same event from the Last Supper. In his First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul recounts it in these words: “I received from the Lord what…