The Third Sunday of Advent is traditionally known as “Gaudete” – “Rejoice” Sunday. In 2012, in the light of the brutal killing of 20 innocent children and 7 adults in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday and the killings at the mall in Oregon earlier in the week, the word seems hollow – inappropriate “happy talk” in Read more ..
The question is: “Which season?” The shopping season, which began around Halloween? The Christmas decorating/display season, which began immediately after Thanksgiving (except for some businesses [see shopping season above] which put up Christmas displays before Halloween and those decorators who skipped Thanksgiving decorations and went right to the Christmas displays after Halloween) and will continue Read more ..
Advent in Light of the Shootings
The Third Sunday of Advent is traditionally known as “Gaudete” – “Rejoice” Sunday. In 2012, in the light of the brutal killing of 20 innocent children and 7 adults in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday and the killings at the mall in Oregon earlier in the week, the word seems hollow – inappropriate “happy talk” in Read more ..