I noticed it last Christmas: It’s the women who really hate Ebenezer Scrooge. In the opening scene of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, the main victims of Scrooge’s scorn are his nephew Fred and his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Fred enters Scrooge’s office with a “God save you!,” . . . . Continue Reading »
How long, O Lord? The question is posed repeatedly by the Psalmist. It continues to be posed across the ages, uttered even by our lips in the shadows of a dark season. How long must I suffer this illness? Drag through this labor? Bear with evil men? Did not our Lord himself wonder this . . . . Continue Reading »
The darkness of our lives awakens deep within us the longing for God’s coming in the flesh. Continue Reading »
This annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of the above includes oldies-but-still-goodies as well as newer releases. Continue Reading »
Wherever the gospel takes hold, it initiates a revolution of elites because the Good Shepherd always comes with good shepherds. Continue Reading »
God is the God of exodus, who hears the cries of his people, visits them in their distress, and takes vengeance against rivals. Continue Reading »
Our world stands at a moment of anthropological crisis. Advent offers us each an opportunity to reflect upon how Christ, God Incarnate, offers a vision of humanity that speaks to humanity’s deepest needs. Continue Reading »
At this Catholic moment, when so many are disturbed by ecclesiastical dysfunction, it is good, at Christmastide, to reflect on Mary and the Church—and on what Mary’s initial act of discipleship, that fiat, means for us today. Continue Reading »
Here are some Advent tunes that will delight the ears and enhance the soul's joyful anticipation of Christ's coming. Continue Reading »
The purpose of this column is to suggest books (some from 2022, some published earlier) that might appeal to various people on your Christmas gift list. Continue Reading »
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