So, what's up with all the Catholics celebrating a month early? This isn't the January 1 New Year- it's the Church's liturgical New Year, starting with Advent. Some of us are even having parties. It's a pretty great time! (I promise we're not crazy!) The Church celebrates different moments in the life of Christ and the life of His Church all throughout the year. Reading Scripture each day in the readings that are used for Mass, we are brought through the life of Christ. This

If you are a baptized Christian, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is alive in you. At Baptism, we become temples of the Holy Spirit by the grace of God. "Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte "a new creature," an adopted son of God, who has become a "partaker of the divine nature," member of Christ and coheir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit." (CCC 1265) And what is a Temple? A temple is traditionally defined as a build

I struggle to pray the Rosary, and I don't know exactly why. Maybe it's because my mind wanders. Or maybe because, in my mind, twenty minutes feels like an eternity when I have twenty other things to do. It might be because I know I'll fall asleep. But, more likely than not, it's because I feel like I'm not doing it right. I was thinking about it today- when Our Lady appeared at Fatima, it's said that she told the children to "pray the Rosary every day to bring peace to the w