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This advent, I spent each day reading Susan De Bartoli’s Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio. Although this book was released in 2022, it was a tremendous daily read to prepare for Christmas.
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In a world where secularism is becoming a universally accepted religion and lifestyle, it can be difficult to stay grounded in the spiritual renewal this celebration of Jesus’s birth should bring to each and every one of us.
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Author Emily Cavins draws us into Kateri’s life with depth, respect, and insight, revealing a woman who found beauty in great suffering and God’s grace in the creation she so dearly loved and revered.
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Christmas Cheer from Paloma & Fig Please enjoy a selection of Christmas memories, traditions, photos, and favorites from the Paloma & Fig team. We wish you the most beautiful time as we approach the Nativity of Our Lord. May peace be with you at the end of Advent and through the Christmas season! Every year, […]
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Advent has always been a season of anticipation, but this year it feels a little more personal. The Church’s liturgy invites us into the darkness that precedes the dawn, and for many of us, darkness is exactly where our deepest questions come alive.
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In the case of Mary, who brings all our prayers to God and is a stronger intercessor than all the other saints and angels combined, there is actually a Latin phrase to keep in mind: De Maria numquam satis. Literally translated, it means “Of Mary, [there is] never enough.”
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This year, I’m praying with two new journals from Ave Maria Press: Heather Khym’s Encountering Emmanuel and Fr. John Nepil’s Illuminate. Both offer Scripture, thoughtful reflections, guided prayer, and space to wrestle, ponder, and actually let God speak—yet each one guides you along its own distinct path.
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Each author takes a different entry point to the same mystery: God entering our world, our time, our personal lives, for the sake of each of us. Which book will you choose this Advent?
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“I was so enveloped in the great fire of God’s love and the desire to save souls that I do not know how to express it. I feel I am all aflame” (298). A similar entry, written after a significant confession, felt especially pertinent to this feast:
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Behold the Wonder draws on the traditions of lectio divina, the slow, reflective reading of Scripture, and visio divina, a prayerful engagement with sacred art, to lead you through Advent with Mary.
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