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Father Dennis Weber, S.C. By Father Dennis M. Weber, S.C. • Posted December 31, 2020 The Old Testament’s Song of Songs, an option for the first reading on Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent (Sg 2:8-14), makes some uncomfortable and uneasy with its expressive language. I suggest that this is because of a misunderstood and distorted culture-driven view of eros –– that love between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, or as imaged in the Song of Songs in today’s reading, the lover a...

Advent Week 4: Come Lord Jesus! From Annunciation to Christmas “The Annunciation” was painted by Jan van Eyck circa 1434. (CNS photo/Andrew W. Mellon Collection via National Gallery of Art) By Jem Sullivan • Catholic News Service • Posted December 18, 2020 Our Advent preparations culminate in a rich tapestry of biblical readings in this Fourth Week of Advent. The Gospels attune our hearts and minds to receive the greatest gift of God — the incarnation of his son Jesus who enters hum...