Charity at Advent

I hope your Advent is off to a glorious start! My Advent calendar is poppin’ out the chocolate, and I have a few things, spiritually, I’m focused on, including silence. Cultivate silence! (Minus the sound of the chocolate wrapper)

Tomorrow I will be back with the Morning Air team at 7:30 am eastern to discuss Giving Tuesday, why we ought to give all times of the year, and why charity is an especially helpful practice during Lent. As always, you can listen online or find your local station.

Have a blessed Advent!

Last week, I joined the Morning Air show to discuss my article, The Great Resignation is a Spiritual Crisis. I talked about how acedia and a desire for a meaningful life have both impacted the way people order their lives, including their careers. You can catch the audio here.

I’ll be back next Tuesday, November 29, at 7:10 am eastern to talk about charity! Since November 29 is Giving Tuesday, and we’ll be fully in the Advent season then, it will be a time to reflect on the virtue of charity (also known as love) and how we can incorporate charity into our Advent.

May you have a blessed Thanksgiving and a very holy start to the Advent season!

Hear me on Relevant Radio this Tuesday

Friends, I’m joining John Morales this coming Tuesday, 11/15 at 7:10 am eastern to discuss my latest article, The Great Resignation is a Spiritual Crisis. You can find your station here, download the Relevant Radio app, or listen on the live player in your web browser here.

Additional thoughts: the solemnity of Christ the King is coming up. You can join Pray More Novenas in praying the Christ the King novena here.

Also, okay, it is now time to start thinking about Lent, which begins the Sunday after Thanksgiving, just two weeks away, Sunday, November 27. Personally, I do not have a brainwave yet on how I will be honoring the time and setting it aside, most likely in prayer. But I really do believe in living liturgical seasons. I think as humans we need the boundaries of seasons, of both an earthly and supernatural nature, to keep us grounded and in our right minds. It is how you mark time and reckon with memory. So, I encourage you to do something - read a brief meditation each day, read a whole book on something spiritually significant, or pick up a normal practice you’ve been wanting to do for a while, like simply reading the daily readings. Remember Advent is about waiting, and there is symbolism there, as we wait for the second coming of Christ. And, Mary is the preeminent “Advent figure,” as they say, because we can imagine her waiting for the Christ child she carried in her womb to be born. So, as always, you can go to your Mother.

See you Tuesday morning!