Advent is my favorite liturgical season. It feels like we have a secret, with our pink and purple candles and barren home while Christmas decorations pop up all around us. Advent is a reminder to be holy, set apart, from the commercialization and secularization of the birth of the King of Kings. This advent started…
Month: November 2022
Set apart as saints-to-be
Holy means to be set apart, not to be perfect I remind myself of this as I sit outside with my tantrumming toddler 3 minutes into All Saints Day Mass, which has started right before his bedtime typically commences. I remind the saints on their great holy day to not rest but instead pray for…