"Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church's year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart's memory so that it can discern the star of hope." - Pope Benedict XVI
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Martha Wang Luo Mande was born in 1812 in Zunji, China. She and her husband were vegetable farmers. Although they had no biological children... -
St. Catherine’s Monastery sits at the foot of Mount Sinai. It was founded in the 6th century by Byzantine Emperor Justinian and is the oldes... -
I’ve spent most of this week catching up on this semester’s sleep. But, since it’s the winter solace and the supposed Mayan Apocaly...
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