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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 and the beloved. Properly comprehended, eros is that pure and chaste love which, when fulfilled, mat...

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 human history as a poor, humble child. And even as Advent fades quickly in a flurry of last-minute seas...