The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. (Luke 1:35) The first gift the Holy Spirit gives for the new order established by Christ is Christ himself. More »

Search me through and through, O Lord. Explore my sin-bruised being and bind up my injuries (whether gained through fault or folly). More »

St. Gregory Nazianzen, a fourth-century theologian and Father of the Church, urges us to empty ourselves, as Jesus did. How else will we have room for the “wealth of goodness” God offers us? More »

"Only one person has ever been able to choose where and how to be born—Jesus, the Son of God, who existed before coming into this world." More »

While the inclusion of Jesus’ genealogy may seem tedious to us today, it establishes Jesus’ place within the Jewish tradition and his continuity with great Old Testament figures. More »

When the Mexican teenager walked into the county jail, he was understandably nervous. The nineteen-year-old, baby-faced Hispanic youth had never been in jail before and he had no idea what to expect. More »

When you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." —Isaiah 30:21. More »

Forty-five years is a long time in a person's life, but not necessarily in the life of the church. Consider, for example, that it took well over a century for the reforms of the Council of Trent to take hold. More »