Merry Christmas! Taking a DNA test can be surprising. You discover connections to places you never imagined, and suddenly you realize your story is bigger than you thought. You belong to something wider and deeper. Christmas asks a similar question: What would a spiritual DNA test reveal? The answer is simple: Emmanuel—God is with us. Many of us struggle with Matthew chapter 1. It feels like a long list of names. Yet this genealogy tells us something extraordinary: God chose

The readings of this final Sunday of Advent place before us powerful scenes of decision, trust, and divine intervention—moments when human plans collide with God’s saving purpose. In the First Reading, we encounter King Ahaz, a ruler under intense political pressure. Jerusalem is threatened, and Ahaz considers forming an alliance with Assyria to secure his throne. Through the prophet Isaiah, God invites him to ask for a sign—an opportunity to listen and trust. Ahaz refuses, c

The Advent Voice That Calls Us Higher Advent reminds us that we are made for more: more than comfort, more than mediocrity, more than the temptations that diminish our dignity, more than any struggle with addiction, in fact, more than the things that bring sadness in our lives. It reminds us of the meaning and purpose of our existence. Catholic speaker and former model Leah Darrow once told a gathering at Steubenville: “Some choices offered to us don’t always lead to the path