Advent Day 6: The Immaculate Conception

Advent Day 6: The Immaculate Conception

Today, we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception. We honor the grace given by Jesus to his mother at her conception to prepare her for her role in our salvation, making her into a fit dwelling place for himself. She was conceived without original sin and was...
What Was God to Do?

What Was God to Do?

The following is an excerpt from “On the Incarnation” by St. Athanasius the Great So then, men having thus become brutalized, and demoniacal deceit thus clouding every place, and hiding the knowledge of the true God, what was God to do? To keep still...
The Real St. Nicholas

The Real St. Nicholas

On December 6th, we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas, a.k.a. Santa Claus. As you may have expected, St. Nicolas’s story neither begins at the North Pole nor in Sombertown. Rather, it begins in the city of Myra, located in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Nicolas was...
Advent with Exodus

Advent with Exodus

It can be hard to know what to do during Advent. Lent has a clearer focus of praying and fasting with Jesus in the desert. Advent focuses on expectation and hope, but what should we expect during Advent?  During this preparatory season before Christmas, we put...