I came to myself in a dark wood, For the straight way was lost (“Inferno,” 1.1). It is perhaps the primordial moment of the spiritual life, a sudden sense that we have lost the way and now must find ...
COMMENTARY: Drawing from the spiritual wisdom of the great St. Bernard of Clairvaux, we can now observe the season with a broader horizon. The word ‘Advent’ is from the Latin ‘adventus’ for ‘coming’ ...
“I really appreciate it when the truth is spoken very plainly,” says Tsh Oxenreider. Homilies that cut to the chase. That tell us Advent is about preparation—not just of our homes, but of our hearts.