A solstice sunrise over Lake Winnipeg.

"Some #churches, using public art [Anti-ICE nativities] to do public #theology, have chosen to be #prophetic about this key political and moral issue [dignity of immigrants] of our time", writes @heidischlumpf.bsky.social in a key reflection for @commonweal.bsky.social.

#AdventWord #AdventWord2025 #ForwardMovement #Deep

Nativity scenes across the country lament ICE; Catholic Workers report on the context of occupation in Palestine, as Palestinians prepare to celebrate Christmas; St. Louis CW on Dilexi Te #thecatholicworker

Quote of the day: "The poor tell us who we are. The prophets tell us who we can be. So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.” -- Philip Berrigan

"It is no use to say that we are born two thousand years too late to give room to Christ. Nor will those who live at the end of the world have been born too late. Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts. (1/3)

"I'm so glad that Jesus was born in a stable. Because my soul is so much like a stable. It is poor and in unsatisfactory condition . . . Yet I believe that if Jesus can be born in a stable, maybe he can also be born in me." Dorothy Day

Each day, Virya recites their vows, prays, meditates and studies Buddhist texts. Still, they spend several days a week visiting encampments on their tricycle, offering supplies, conversation and whispering ancient mantras under their breath. religionnews.com/2025/12/11/w...

It's like they read the Christmas story and thought Herod was the good guy.

If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

Stained glass roof, The Peace Portal, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia by glass artist Ulla Darni #WomensArt

Brenna Cussen Anglada on the resilience and resistance of Palestinians in Bethlehem, under the crushing weight of occupation, the normalization of colonialism, fostering life in the shadow of the wall #thecatholicworker

We out here

"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart." —Dorothy Day, Loaves and Fishes

How do William Temple and Dorothy Day inform our responses to contemporary inequality? Their theologies of the incarnation offer a better story... Join us to discuss spiritual protest in their work! 📍 Thurs 15 Jan 2026 5-6.30pm, online free Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-in-...

BREAKING Leaders of Churches in Jerusalem Call for Treatment of Gazan #Children with Cancer in Israel www.catholicnewsworld.com/2025/12/brea...

‘Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and…shiny paper…’~Tove Jansson. This #BookWormSat, we will unwrap the gifts of literature by celebrating all aspects of Christmas…be they festive or disdainful. Do join us.

Pope Leo has named Msgr. Peter Dai Bui (55) as Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix. At 4 years old, the Bishop-elect escaped Vietnam on his dad’s fishing boat along 9 siblings. He has served as a missionary in Venezuela, Colombia, and the Amazon. www.catholicsun.org/2025/12/19/p...

The Christmas Tree, Emil Czech (1903)

I would purchase a copy of this book for every one of you if I could. It is one of my favorite books of the year. Here's my review: www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...

Alanis Morissette's Ave Maria

"Where Disney, K&K Design, and other animation studios uncritically embrace AI, 'The Colors Within' proves vividly antidotal, conveying the power of the handmade for heart and soul." sojo.net/magazine/dec...

Pope Leo: “At the center of any work dynamic, there should be neither capital, nor market laws, nor profit, but rather the individual, the family, and their well-being, to which everything else is secondary.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

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...

Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer & Agriculture Sec. Rollins attended Pentagon Christmas worship service yesterday. It seems a bit odd that Cabinet members are going around to gov't worship services like groupies. Don't they have things to do in their agencies? publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-pentago...

Community practices—from board games and processions to special food and songs—can be a fun and meaningful way to celebrate the holidays. sojo.net/articles/ser...

"As we approach the season of Christmas, let us pay close attention to the needs of our neighbors, especially our international students and immigrant neighbors." sojo.net/magazine/dec...

The Archdiocese of New York has announced today’s schedule upon the appointment of Archbishop-Designate Hicks, including an 8:30am presser, and a Mass for staff and empowerment of the chancery at 2:00pm. 8:30am presser conference to be live-streamed. Hicks is slated to be installed on February 6.

“We are put on earth for a little space that we may learn to bear the beams of love.” - Dorothy Day

TINY SAINTS TAG YOURSELF I’M DOROTHY DAY

A story I found about Haiti: In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."

Pope Leo XIV has been named one of Vogue's 55 "Best Dressed People" of the year, a first for a Bishop of Rome. Solange and Andre Walker also made the list, rounding out a trio of honorees at the intersection of Blackness, Catholicism, and high fashion. buff.ly/YHOHRf1

“It’s hard not to listen, and sing a verse of ‘Amazing Grace’ and not start feeling what we’re all feeling,” said Providence Mayor Brett Smiley after a candlelight service at Saint Stephens Church.

"When we can suffer and love, we can do much, the most that a person can do in this world.” #SaintCharlesdeFoucauld

Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked how she got from her upbringing in Kansas to life in a monastery in New Jersey. In a new book, “Joy Within His House,” she explains. religionnews.com/2025/12/12/j...

“Here’s the thing about shadow: While we can’t see our own, we can see everyone else’s.” —Elise Loehnen, “The Integration is the Shadow” Read more from this essay: buff.ly/NS3lvxH Order “ONEING: A Living Tradition” in print or downloadable PDF: buff.ly/lMHfCgR

Bishop Hicks talking about Oscar Romero #liberationtheology

There’s more about Mary in the Quran than the Christian Bible (including the Catholic versions with Apocrophya).

Read it for yourself (in translation) - Mary/Maryam really shines in the Quran in a way that she doesn't in the Bible. quran.com/maryam

In the end, it won’t be power brokers or politicians who save us — it will be wisdom, the kind that bends low, walks with the poor, and welcomes the stranger.

I looked to my right and my bp went down 20 points.

LISTEN to a Beautiful #Advent Hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" with Stunning Images of Art - Music to Touch Your Heart - Share with a Friend! www.catholicnewsworld.com/2025/12/list...

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"To see Chidambaram, to be born at Tiruvarur, to die at Benares (Kasi), or even to think of Arunachala is to be assured of Liberation (Moksha)". - Tamil saying youtu.be/5rvdZUaXyDA

Rev. Allison Tanner: "Palestinian Christians invite the global church to bring liberation – for the Palestinian people and all people." #PalestineWillBeFree www.christiancitizen.us/articles/a-k...

Morning. 🖼️ Angel Dominguez

Pope Leo has named San Diego Auxiliary Ramon Bejarano (56) as Bishop of Monterey, CA. In February of this year. Bejarano led a protest against Trump’s deportation polices at a San Diego Courthouse, and has celebrated “All are Welcome” Masses for the LGBTQ community in San Diego.