St. Andrew and the Advent of the Christ

Whereas what passes for “advent” in the world around us (and often within) is the month-long shopping-season-frenzy that begins with Black Friday (or before), the Church’s holy and penitential Season of Advent begins with the Sunday closest to the Feast of St. Andrew...

Thanksgiving All the Time and Everyplace

Week after week throughout the year we confess with the whole Church in heaven and on earth that “it is truly meet, right, and salutary that we should, at all times and in all places, give thanks” to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. This refrain is no mere...