My Advent Journey
It was the Monday before Christmas when it hit me, when I finally felt Advent closing in on me. I honestly thought I had missed it. I thought it flew by with all the well intentioned ways I was going…
Category: 2013 December
A Pilgrim’s Journey to Guadalupe Shrine
Last year, as providence would have it, I boarded a plane bound for Mexico City where I would make a private two-day pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. As I slid into my seat the reality of what I was…
Mission Monday: Site Of California’s First Mission
The site of California’s first church lies on a hill over-looking San Diego’s bustling crossroads of I-5 and I-8 highways. Fr. Junipero Serra led the expedition that established the Mission Church in 1769. This marked the beginning of Christianity in…