Happenings (page 12)

Will we have the love, courage, and faith of a 14-year-old girl in Nazareth?

Being happy is to stop feeling a victim and becoming the author of your own destiny.

Jesus’ gift of peace is vibrant and powerful. It is not intended to bring a state of sedation.

We come into this Advent in a broken world and a fractured nation. We seek peace, respect, understanding, and a world where everyone is honored and respected.

Having a life stance that impels us to embrace the poor and respond to their needs is an attitude that is planted and grows in our souls. Some of us tend the seed of God within us, and some let it wither.

For us, our churches, our communities, and most significantly, in our hearts, we pray for the blameless, whatever name they carry.

Gospel humility is dancing freely and unabashedly in the truth of who we are without worrying that we will look foolish.