The vineyard of the Lord (Sunday XXVII of Ordered time)

“How much God loves the Hebrew people the prophets tell us in the analogies they draw between His attachment to them and the love of a husband for his beloved wife.”

And you, Bethlehem-Ephratha (Sunday IV of Advent)

“Bethlehem-Ephrata! Least do they reckon thee among all the clans of Juda? Nay, it is from thee I look to find a Prince that shall rule over Israel. Whence comes He? From the first beginning, from ages untold! Marvel not, then, if the Lord abandons His people for a time, until she who is in travailContinue reading “And you, Bethlehem-Ephratha (Sunday IV of Advent)”