Become the salt in your surroundings and watch your life change. Seek to flavor the needs of others with your salt and watch, as Isaiah promised the Israelites, “your light break forth like the dawn.” (Read On)

To be a modern-day remnant as the devotees of God were in Zephaniah’s time is a challenge. But when we decide to be part of this remnant, we’ll be rewarded as the Beatitudes of Jesus promise. (Read On)

The events of Zebulun and Naphtali prophesied by Isaiah relate to our lives today in many ways. Let us remind ourselves of our own experiences of darkness, where the Lord’s light came to shine on us. (Read On)

As lectors, we can develop “leprous spots” on our minds and hearts that diminish our delivery of God’s word to our listeners . . . (Read On)

There's a tie-in with the religious practices of post-exilic Jewish priests in the Book of Malachi and the Ministry of Lector. Temple worship was filled with abuses. They were placing defiled food on the Lord's altar. (Read On)

In his engaging book, The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis puts great importance on the diligent preparation of a preacher's homily, along with lectors and listeners as well. (Read On)

Fr. Lawrence Mick in his guide, "Worshiping Well," says many Catholics view the Liturgy of  the Word as a Catholic version of Sunday School," like an educational experience instead of a spiritual one. (Read On)

... for its beginning, not its ending... In the secular world, Christmas ends on December 26th. Trees are thrown out to the curbs, people rush back to the stores to return unwanted gifts, and business-as-usual gets back on motion that make the celebration of the birth of Christ officially over.