Catholic Lectionary News Today

The St. Paul Center has been publishing books at the rate of about one per week recently. Depending on your particular interests and needs, one or more of these are likely to make excellent reading during the Advent and Christmas seasons.

The past two weeks have been a little hard on my family. A simple back surgery for my dad has unraveled into life-threatening situations and 3 additional surgeries. He is still in ICU, but seems to be on the right path of recovery. But this will be a long process of healing. This comes on the heels of my neighbor and his wife having to bear some big crosses. They planned to move near their daughter’s family to see their grandchild. The husband was retiring at the end of this