Dec 21, 2025 #4thSundayOfAdvent #Opening #Beloved #ProgressiveCatholic #Inclusive

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Pope Leo XIV has appointed San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano as the next bishop of the Diocese of Monterey, the Vatican announced this week. timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/12...

The real enemy isn’t the other political party. It’s tribalism itself. The moment I define my tribe as everyone who looks, acts, or believes like me, I’ve already excluded most of humanity. Jesus shattered those boundaries. www.patheos.com/blogs/keithg...

Dec 21, 2025 #4thSundayOfAdvent #AdventCandleReading #Beloved #ProgressiveCatholic #Inclusive youtube.com/shorts/2lThA...

We gathered this Sunday to light the fourth candle on our Advent wreath and celebrate the love that is made present to us in the willingness of Joseph to listen to his dream and step outside the laws, youtu.be/uXo6j3eqCLo

We live in an age of fragmentation. Politically, we witness the hardening of tribal identities and nationalist divisions. Ecologically, we confront a world torn between exploitation and preservation. christogenesis.org/love-and-pol...

 When this is interpreted literally, conflating sex and gender, much of the mystical and ecclesiological language of the Catholic tradition becomes incoherent. We might as well go looking for cats and dogs agender.substack.com/p/nuptial-ec...

Matthew's portrayal of Joseph reveals what is often entailed in collaborating with God. Joseph, like Mary, had to be willing to give up everything for the sake of God's mysterious plan. www.ncronline.org/dec-21-2025-...

In all these instances, one thing remains clear: we are celebrating our love, presence, and the bond of relationship we share with one another, which has been made possible by the story of God’s presence among us. uscatholic.org/articles/202...

#GospelofMatthew #Beloved #DoNotBeAfraid

We surely need a bigger, bolder American peace movement today, with a broader agenda that includes support for democracy and the redesign of our country’s peacebuilding and development policy architecture. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/amer...

The Synodal process has been hijacked. One of the main discussion points throughout the Synod was the urgent need to increase women’s access to church ministries, www.wijngaardsinstitute.com/petrocchi_co...

Join us for an inclusive Catholic Mass Sunday at 11AM. Come be you and be loved! All are welcomed and celebrated! For those unable to attend in person, please contact us to get on the mailing list to receive a zoom link. www.facebook.com/share/1GsKS9...

Jesus isn’t warning the world. He’s warning them: the leaders, the institution, the people convinced they were righteous simply because they held the right building and the right beliefs. www.patheos.com/blogs/snarky...

Lancellotti's services were regularly broadcast Sunday mornings, and in one of his latest he warned churchgoers that his online following would not be able to watch if they did not attend in person. www.ncronline.org/news/brazili...

Trump administration officials on Thursday announced new proposed regulations targeting gender-affirming care for youth, part of a larger push from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to restrict such care.  19thnews.org/2025/12/trum...

 Bonnie was communicating to us that many things in our society are not right. Her haunting scream reminded me of all the ancient prophets who tried to get the attention of people to reform their lives and society. uscatholic.org/articles/200...

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Knowledge is fostered by curiosity; wisdom is fostered by awe. Awe precedes faith; it is the root of faith. We must be guided by awe to be worthy of faith.

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The Kelso way is a challenge to all Christians, and a response to Catholic Vice President JD Vance’s claim that there is an ordo amoris, an “order of love” that means we should prioritize our family corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

We need to be concerned about both coverage and cost. We need a health care system that is affordable, comprehensive and respects human dignity. www.ncronline.org/opinion/chri...

This is why those who reject environmentalism, claiming environmentalism has become a religion which opposes God, are wrong. The opposite is true. If an artist showed us a wonderful work of art which they created, www.patheos.com/blogs/henryk...

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#JamesFinley #Beloved #LookWhatLoveHasDoneToMe

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We gathered for the last night of our Advent book study and ended it with some caroling as we wait in anticipation for the coming of Christ in every moment. Special thanks to Joe for bringing the percussion instruments!

Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, The Pillar has confirmed, with an announcement expected as early as Dec. 18. www.pillarcatholic.com/p/confirmed-...

Join us for an inclusive Catholic Mass Sunday at 11AM. Come be you and be loved! All are welcomed and celebrated! For those unable to attend in person, please contact us to get on the mailing list to receive a zoom link. www.facebook.com/share/1GsKS9...

"The increase in this year's execution numbers was caused by the outlier state of Florida, where the governor set a record number of executions," Maher said. www.ncronline.org/news/increas...

We cannot have joy without compassion.  Let us imagine joy as a light that radiates from within, illuminating the world around us, while compassion acts as a gentle embrace, comforting those it touches. www.patheos.com/blogs/loveop...

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#BenjaminCremer #Beloved #LoveIsOurReputation

#ProphetJeremiah #Beloved #DoWhatIsRightAndJust

I tend to understand the experience of prayer as that which stirs something in us—that which stirs connection to the transcendent or the Divine. www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...

The Department of Homeland Security has moved to bar Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley from receiving federal funds for six years, targeting one of the nation’s most prominent Catholic Charities affiliates tinyurl.com/29ee6grd

Hospitality calls us to communicate dignity and respectability to those whom others may consider unacceptable. We welcome those whom others refuse to care for simply because “they’re not our kind of people.” They are all people, you feel just not “our kind.” mailchi.mp/benetvision....

How much more should we do for the coming of Jesus, our Redeemer? This entails beginning to prepare ourselves at a personal level and extending that to those around us and the wider society. www.globalsistersreport.org/columns/spir...

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#Beloved #youGotThis

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Adding to alarm about conditions in detention facilities has been a spike in the number of detainee deaths reported for the 2025 fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30. ICE officials reported 18 deaths among detainees, www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

This advent, we will be reading and discussing Fr. Greg Boyle's book - Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times. www.facebook.com/share/1AHXtY...

We will be gathering to both explore the facets of contemplative prayer and sit in silence with each other in that practice. This will be ongoing and is intended to be very beginner-friendly, www.facebook.com/share/1aLMEb...

This is why, as this is what our life is about, our life should be seen as if we are migrants or pilgrims on our way to heaven. Salvation history reflects this in the way many of the great saints, www.patheos.com/blogs/henryk...

The third week of Advent is marked by the theme of joy. This theme invites believers to rejoice in the anticipation of Christ’s birth and to experience the profound joy that emanates from the fulfillment of God’s promises. www.patheos.com/blogs/doyouw...

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