“Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.” Psalm 107:1 I turned on the radio last Saturday morning and Lite 102 had already started their around-the-clock Christmas music. Yes, it’s not even Thanksgiving and I heard “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” Good heavens ... .Read More
I was in Ocean City last weekend to cover the Baltimore Youth Catholic Conference, which attracted about 450 adults and youths from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Driving down Coastal Highway in Ocean City, the weekend before Thanksgiving, I was surprised to see hotels and condominiums already decorated for Christmas. “HappyRead More
Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard invigorated students and staff of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson Nov. 20 when he spoke at the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Turkey Bowl Breakfast. About 100 students gathered in the school’s Carlo Crispino Center to listen to the 27-year old Baltimore RavenRead More
When I was a child, we celebrated saints throughout the month of November. Every night at dinner one of us would read a story about a saint aloud. One year my mother even gave us a saints exam. Fortunately she was an easy grader. As we grew older, we moved ourRead More
Do you remember gathering around the dining room table for Thanksgiving dinner? Sadly, the next generation will not. In the coming years, Thanksgiving will slowly, but surely, be gobbled up by Black Friday, turning the day designated for giving thanks to God into a shopping bonanza.Over the past few years,Read More
I don’t know about you, but I really NEED Thanksgiving this year.No, I don’t mean the commercial Thanksgiving weekend, replete with desperate, delusional Black Friday shoppers who begin plotting their Christmas shopping strategy on Thanksgiving. You know, those folks that battle tooth and nail, give up precious hours of sleepRead More