God as a perfect and good Being did not create evil. As Goodness personified, it would be impossible for Him to create anything that is evil. And yet evil exists. But if God did not create evil, how does it exist? Is evil an eternal concept like good is? ow.ly/ls6050CNjmT

He now understood why Jesus came to earth. And he sank to his knees in the snow and prayed. ow.ly/jzqC50CNjPc

“Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” - Job [1:5] ow.ly/9jpd50CNk6C

It is easy to prepare my house for Christmas. It is easy to put up decorations. It is easy to send Christmas cards. It is easy to make cookies. It is easy to buy presents. However, it is also very easy to be cranky. ow.ly/U1KK50CNqPa

“Come alive” and “Arise” I kept hearing in my prayer all of November. “To what Lord?” I asked. For some time I did not get an answer. ow.ly/icdP50CNoWT

What in the world do the Joyful Mysteries of the rosary have to do with the beast kings, the days of creation, and all human history? ow.ly/Qi9n50CNu4U

All during Advent in our preparation for welcoming the Messiah into the world, we also are made aware that the second coming, the Parousia, is the more prominent theme that will prepare us for our own death/resurrection. ow.ly/cCu550CNrbU

Grace is found in the quiet, the solitude, and the stillness of God's presence within our hearts and minds. ow.ly/TDIm50CNs9l

I am pondering how the Lord is working through me as a woman, through my unique feminine gifts, like Mary. Her plans changed. Her heart enlarged for the needs of the world. ow.ly/wNs150CNtgf

“My Advent miracle,” I say to myself, “Here I am, Lord, I come to do Your will.” ow.ly/kWex50CNsUl

It’s funny how we often fail to notice how many of our common words we use are actually abbreviations of other words that we sometimes connote in entirely different ways. ow.ly/So9L50CPBhd

If the church does not address the foundational problem, President Biden may redefine the perception of what it means to be a Catholic in good standing. Read more here: ow.ly/a7K150CQ4S5

Words cannot do justice to Christmas. But God can illumine out minds beyond words when we give Him time in silence. Read more: catholic365.com/article/10922/…

It is said that Christmas day is the day when the most souls are released from purgatory. ow.ly/s4ty50CPG3O

Christians have speculated for almost our entire history about how the angels are ranked in a hierarchy. ow.ly/TChi50CPCtt

Let us pray that all in our world caught in the darkness of unbelief will see the star and come to worship Him. ow.ly/N1IL50CJ91V

This is the story of the birth of Jesus woven together from the accounts of the Gospel according to St. Matthew and St. Luke. ow.ly/MlQ650CJ7jH

“Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a son. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?” [Is 66:7] ow.ly/Flv150CPCL3

When the baby ‘grew in wisdom and understanding’(Luke 2:52), it was into a man not just imbued with love, but with the infinite mercy that could alone forgive the moral bankruptcy that prevents his love reaching out and into those who craved for it. ow.ly/X1z950CPDuX

I used to think it ended on the Epiphany. Didn't you? ow.ly/gcp150CPCr0