By Mark Wilmoth Things don’t always go according to plan. Back in 1737, Charles Wesley wrote a Christmas carol called Hark, How All the Welkin Rings, Glory to the King of Kings. Welkin is an old ...
COMMENTARY: Gaudete Sunday invites us to taste already the joy that comes from knowing our Savior is coming for us out of ...
The following was the keynote address at TIME DRAWN INTO ETERNITY: Sacred Time and the Liturgical Calendar, a conference held by the Te Deum Institute of Sacred Liturgy, Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. I ...
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Living the spirit of the original Noche Buena

The recent P500 Noche Buena announcement by the Department of Trade and Industry has caught a lot of attention. There is even a Christmas jingle that makes fun of it.
For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...
In the Our Father, the object of the first three petitions is the glory of the Father: the sanctification of his name, the coming of the kingdom, and the fulfillment of his will. The four others ...
In Puritan England Christmas carols were abolished by parliament in 1627 being considered part of a “worldly festival.” While ...
The Israeli government should not be allowed to sanitise its actions via the promo video which accompanies each participant ...
God confronted Saul on the Road to Damascus. This one who persecuted Christ became the greatest defender of Christ after his dramatic confrontation with the Risen Savior. A majority of the letters ...
Peace, Joy, Hope, Love. But are they any more than empty marketing slogans? Like when you walk into the supermarket, and the banners assure you that the parsnips you are buying have been lovingly ...
Remember the song lyrics: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love!" It's hard to disagree with such a sentiment, especially at the present time when nations and people are at war with each other ...