I offer this essay as a catalyst for enriching our celebration of Advent. It is an excerpted and reordered version of an article in my book, The Gracious Mystery, pp. 112-114.
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Vatican Council II turns 60 — with still so much to teach us!
One of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church will soon reach a historical milestone. December 8 marks the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council – popularly known as Vatican II.
Wisdom Wednesday | December 3rd
Welcome to an Advent edition of Wisdom Wednesday. Consider the sources as you join in the trek with the pope in Nicaea to a reporter’s visit to the year long nativity celebration in Bethlehem (Connecticut). We have a report that Hispanic immigrants and conservative Catholics are trending away from previous support of the administration, amid poking at changing realities in our society – even the end of a stereotype: the professionals say you don’t have to be white and overweight to be a true Santa.
A letter to Catholics
— From Bob Wenz Just a question for us Catholics. Did you hear from the pulpit or read on thewebsite of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese [or any other Catholic source] the letter from the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops on Nov. 12 th about immigration? In part, the over 200 bishops…