Lifting our hearts on the Feast of the Presentation
On February 2, forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the presentation of Jesus in the Jewish Temple by his parents.
On February 2, forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the presentation of Jesus in the Jewish Temple by his parents.
Our food is a constant reminder of both the goodness and the brokenness of God’s creation.
We want to give our children the world! So often what we end up giving them is continued complicity in the world’s model of desire and scarcity. Our faith teaches something better.
Our children have been receiving the Eucharist since Baptism—and yet they still need instruction in what that means.
Feasting is not the same as gluttony. In fact, thoughtful, Christian feasting is in many ways gluttony’s opposite.
Not long ago, I was a farmer. These days, it seems like a victory just to get dinner on the table.