Warmest Christmas greetings! I hope you and yours are having a joyous and hope-filled Christmas season! The day after Christmas Day is a special day for us. It is the Feast of Stephen. Stephen is remembered as the first deacon and martyr. And he serves us as our patron saint. So what does it …
Feast of St. Stephen
A Word: Saint Stephen’s Way of Love
Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia. Following his following JesusThe Feast of Stephen Sam Portaro’s reflection from Brightest and Best rises to the central challenge of the Incarnation, and I …
A Word: A Bigger Guest List
When your patron is a martyr, you know you’re in for a challenge. When that martyr mimics Jesus’s challenge to the religious leaders, well… Stephen and a scandalous gospelThe Feast of Stephen | Acts 6:8-7:2a,51c-60 Today we remember Stephen, who the author of Acts describes as “a man …