Thomas Griffin 12/24/20 A Baby is Born: A Man’s First Christmas as Dad – Ascension Press (12/23/20) Excerpt: “Parenthood and family life are the crux of society. One of the few things that every human being shares with every other human being is that we all have a mother and a father—we all come fromContinue reading “A Baby is Born: A Man’s First Christmas as Dad”
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The Year of St. Joseph: Learning From His Example
Thomas Griffin (12/23/20) In “The Year of St. Joseph” We Can All Learn From His Humble Example – The Federalist (12/23/20) Excerpt: “The culture is sown with an enormous number of struggles, tensions, and strife, which the pope desires to offer a remedy and exemplar to ponder. Joseph isn’t a model out of touch orContinue reading “The Year of St. Joseph: Learning From His Example”
The Wood: From the Manger to the Cross
Thomas Griffin (12/23/20) The Wood: From the Manger to the Cross – Catholic Exchange (12/22/20) Excerpt: “There are some details in salvation history which cry out to the masses: this is important! From the very beginning, literally, the symbol of wood from a tree is critical. God desires to use this weaving thread of continuityContinue reading “The Wood: From the Manger to the Cross”
Santa is Not a Leper
Thomas Griffin 12/22/20 Santa is Not a Leper – Crisis Magazine (12/22/20) Excerpt: “Will Santa Claus be the next culprit in a mass spreading of Covid-19? Is it really safe for him to be going house to house, possibly collecting germs from countless families, and infesting the masses with the pandemic? CNN recently published a video starring Dr.Continue reading “Santa is Not a Leper”
St. Joseph: To Trust and Be Just
Thomas Griffin (12/20/20) Originally Published for MT28Project – (3/18/20) We do not have a tremendous amount of details about the step-father of Jesus, and he actually never speaks a word in the Scriptures. However, one description that best encapsulates his life is this: Joseph was a “righteous man” (Mt 1:19). This term is highly specificContinue reading “St. Joseph: To Trust and Be Just”
Queen’s Gambit: Relationship Heals All
Thomas Griffin 12/18/20 Beth Harmon has become a household name with the blockbuster Netflix series entitled “Queen’s Gambit.” The series is actually based on the true story of a boy prodigy of chess named Bobby Fischer who gained fame in the 1960s. The fictional nature of the series does not impede the countless truths whichContinue reading “Queen’s Gambit: Relationship Heals All”
Waiting and Looking: The Magi and Shepherds
Thomas Griffin 12/16/20 From Looking Up to Bowing Down: This is the Recipe for Finding God’s Presence – Originally Published in Aleteia (12/25/18) Those who first learn about the birth of Jesus are the ones who give us the perfect recipe for how to place ourselves in God’s presence as they did. Matthew’s Gospel speaksContinue reading “Waiting and Looking: The Magi and Shepherds”
The Christmas Message: Make Room for God
Thomas Griffin 12/24/20 – ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FOR THE LONG ISLAND CATHOLIC Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” “There was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). Here we have the reasoning for why the newborn Jesus is laid in a manger, a feeding box for animals, directly after his birth. Christ was bornContinue reading “The Christmas Message: Make Room for God”
Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Indisputable Miracle
Thomas Griffin 12/12/20 Empty Tomb Project: THE MAGAZINE The appearance of the Mother of God to a peasant named Juan Diego in the 16th century is arguably one of the most powerful and undeniably miraculous events in the last two thousand years. On December 9, 1531 he was walking through the hill country named TepeyacContinue reading “Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Indisputable Miracle”
Cancelling Mother Teresa?
Thomas Griffin 12/10/20 Empty Tomb Project: THE MAGAZINE St. Teresa of Calcutta, known mostly as Mother Teresa, was canonized a saint in the Catholic Church on September 4, 2016 and December 10th marks the anniversary of her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Her life as a nun and missionary to theContinue reading “Cancelling Mother Teresa?”
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