Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia. Following his following JesusThe Feast of Stephen Sam Portaro’s reflection from Brightest and Best rises to the central challenge of the Incarnation, and I …
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Many centuries ago, communities would gather to pray. They observed that the days grew shorter; the night was winning. Perhaps soon the day would disappear entirely. So people gathered during these long nights and they would pray for the light to come again. Long before Christ entered the …
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When your patron is a martyr, you know you’re in for a challenge. When that martyr mimics Jesus’s challenge to the religious leaders, well… Stephen and a scandalous gospelThe Feast of Stephen | Acts 6:8-7:2a,51c-60 Today we remember Stephen, who the author of Acts describes as “a man …