How’s your hay?  On this day before Christ’s birth, let us recommit to making little acts of sacrifice, kindness and generosity each day, not only during Advent but beyond.  To give gifts to the Infant Jesus out of pure love for Him and His Children (three of which live in my home and deserve my [...]

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We’re rather used to reading personification in our fiction, where animals and objects take on human qualities like talking, seeing, and even feeling emotions.  It probably doesn’t give you pause to read about the stars “seeing” the Christ Child laying in a manger filled with hay.  If you take a moment to ponder what looking [...]

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St. Therese of the Child Jesus, a saint of just over 100 years ago, wrote often of her “Little Way”.  She believed that doing simple, everyday tasks for love of Christ and love of souls is the way for most of us to worship Jesus, the King.  She had a special heart for the Infant [...]

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One of the first things that new parents worry about is where the baby will sleep (and how the baby will sleep).  How many books are there on the market about babies’ sleep habits and parents’ struggles with them?  It is compelling that the Son of God was born with no crib, no proper nursery [...]

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I love Christmas music.  Not only does it fill my heart with joy to listen to my 5-year-old son learn the words and watch my 2 1/2-year-old daughter learn most of the words and make up the rest, but the tunes of Christmas songs are so rich with memory that reminisce seems to drip from [...]

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