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Advent/Christmas Reflections:

Christmas: A revolution sparked by God’s intervention and love
Dec. 22, 2010 (Denver Catholic Register) - During these final Advent days of the O Antiphons, the Church gives us a last opportunity to settle our spirits, quiet our worries and refocus our hearts on the One who should anchor our lives. [read full text]

Advent: Christ comes so the world may be shaken
Dec. 15, 2010 (Denver Catholic Register) - As we enter the last few days before we rightly give our hearts over to the joy of Christmas, we might take a few minutes in prayer over two brief passages from the past about the meaning of Advent. [read full text]

Book review: Bonhoeffer, Christian witness and the drama of real discipleship
Dec. 15, 2010 (First Things, reprinted by Denver Catholic Register) - Eric Metaxas has written the kind of extraordinary book that not only brings Dietrich Bonhoeffer, his times and his witness vividly alive, but leaves us yearning to find the same moral character in ourselves.  No biographer can achieve anything higher. [read full text]

Marian faith always points to Christ
Dec. 8, 2010 (Denver Catholic Register) - For Christians, these next several weeks are a special source of joy.  The Advent and Christmas seasons dominate our thinking, and rightly so.  But the end and the beginning of the calendar year also have a uniquely Marian spirit, especially here in northern Colorado. [read full text]

Finding the true joy in Christmas
December 17, 2008
Denver Catholic Register

On gratitude and Advent
November 26, 2008
Denver Catholic Register

Christmas: a revolution sparked by God's intervention and love
December 19, 2007
Denver Catholic Register

On Christian hope and Advent
December 5, 2007
Denver Catholic Register

Christmas: the beginning of our redemption
December 20, 2006
Denver Catholic Register

An Advent prayer: "Maran tha!" - "Lord, come!"
December 13, 2006
Denver Catholic Register

Resolutions for the real 'new year'
November 29, 2006
Denver Catholic Register

On Christmas, compassion and immigration reform
December 21, 2005
Denver Catholic Register

C.S. Lewis on 'Xmas and Christmas'
December 17, 2005
Denver Catholic Register

Address:
Christmas under siege around the world
December 14, 2005
Religious Freedom Panel
Washington, DC

Proclaim Christ to the world at Christmas - and always
December 22, 2004
Denver Catholic Register

The meaning of the season is the birth of Jesus Christ
December 8, 2004
Denver Catholic Register

Without Mary, there is no story of redemption
December 1, 2004
Denver Catholic Register

Emmanuel - `God is with us'
Tired, complicated world never needed Christ Child more
December 24, 2003
Denver Catholic Register

Advent: A new Church year and new retelling of the story of salvation
The real meaning of `the holidays' begins with living the real spirit of Advent
November 26, 2003
Denver Catholic Register 

Christmas Message
Wonder of Christmas is God's humility out of love for us
December 19, 2001
Denver Catholic Register

Christmas consumerism
Keeping Christ in Christmas hollow without Jesus at the center
December 12, 2001
Denver Catholic Register

The Greatest Gift of the Season
December 20, 2000
Denver Catholic Register

Violence in the land of Jesus' birth
November 15, 2000
Denver Catholic Register

Christmas: Christ reveals the meaning of life
December 23, 1998
Denver Catholic Register