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FINDING JOY AT CHRISTMAS

December 23, 2022 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

“Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man…I tell you again: for your sake, God became man.” —Saint Augustine As we move into Christmas, I wish for you the peace and joy that only Jesus brings. Whether you are prepared or not; whether you are well or not; whether you can afford gifts or not; […]

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FOCUSING ON THE CHRIST CHILD with the O Antiphons

December 18, 2022 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

Having recently lost someone dear to me has shifted my focus to beyond the grave, where I imagine him filled with the peace and joy he longed for. It increases my own longing for heaven, too, although I hope to stick around for a good long time! Thankfully we don’t have to wait for eternity, […]

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THANKSGIVING PSALMS: Drowning grief in gratitude

November 23, 2022 By Sarah Christmyer 9 Comments

Thanksgiving Day rolls around regardless of events, and some years it’s easier to get in the spirit than others. This is one of the hard ones. Mark died just four weeks ago, and there’s been barely time to grieve. I am prepared to give thanks for his life; for 35 years of marriage and all […]

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RETURNING TO GOD…AND PRAYERS FOR UKRAINE

March 5, 2022 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

My heart is breaking over events in Ukraine. As I continue to meditate on the readings from Ash Wednesday, I’m drawn over and over to Joel 2:12–13— “Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning…” Joel is crying to a people crushed by an […]

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RETURN: GOD IS CALLING YOU!

February 27, 2022 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Ash Wednesday ashes on forehead with "Return" in large type

“Even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart…” (Joel 2:12) “Return.” The whole idea behind “returning” somewhere is that you go back to where you were before. And in the case of returning to God, even if you have never loved or followed him, he has always loved you. Before you […]

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ADVENT: WAITING FOR JOY

December 19, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer 3 Comments

“Behold, I am coming soon.” He says it twice in one chapter (Revelation 22:7,12). Really, Lord? I have to ask. Two thousand years and counting … “soon”? And he repeats it: “Surely I am coming soon” (vs 20). Come, Lord Jesus! my heart cries out. Come! Please! It’s not easy to wait, especially in our need. […]

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COME, LORD JESUS! — 1st Sunday of Advent

November 28, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

Come Lord Jesus

Advent is not a simple season. Its four weeks are full of festive preparation, yet it’s a penitential time as well. Along the way, it asks us to hold in balance three separate “comings”: The coming long ago of Jesus to earth, born as a child in Bethlehem His coming at the end of time […]

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The REALLY True Meaning of Christmas

November 10, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

There are lots of good books on the meaning of Christmas, and it’s not often I come across something new. But here at the heart of Michael Patrick Barber’s new book, The True Meaning of Christmas, is a gem we all should keep in mind as we approach our celebration of the birth of our […]

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Good Friday, Holy Saturday; ENTERING THE DARK AND THE SILENCE

April 2, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

Today we enter the darkness. We feel the betrayal of Judas, then stand at a distance with Peter, deny Jesus ourselves.  Like Peter, we are afraid.  What use is there, for all this suffering? On Good Friday, we enter into it.  We stand horrified beside the cross.  “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” […]

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Palm Sunday: ENTERING THE NEW COVENANT

March 25, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Readings for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. At the Procession with Palms:  Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16.  At the Mass:  Isa 50:4-7; Psa 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 – 15:47.  My most vivid childhood memory of Easter is the Palm Sunday morning we visited a community of religious sisters.  I must have […]

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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