We all know the endless song “The Twelve Days Christmas” which was actually written to commemorate the 12 days we celebrate Christmas from December 25th (Christmas) to January 6th (Epiphany) when the Magi came to visit the newborn Christ. Christmas leads us to the time when we travel through Scriptures to the days when we begin to celebrate the eventual death of Christ (Lent, Holy Thursday, and Good Friday). The death of the child whose birth we celebrated at Christmas. In the Gospel of Saint...

Every four years in this country we go through a significant election for a President of the country. It seems like these four years blend into each other and it becomes almost endless. How often have you thought “I can’t deal with this anymore” or “I’m so anxious that I become depressed” Certainly the twenty-four hour news cycle doesn’t help. We do get stressed! That feeling goes equally for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents! We just want it to end. We just want to get beyond our...