Mary McGlone

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Feb. 2, 2025: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Jan 15, 2025 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

One of the brothers Grimm's shortest fairy tales, and the last published in their collection, turns out to be one of the most enigmatic. The 184-word English translation of "The Golden Key" tells about a boy who found a key — and then the treasure chest it opened. The tale stops just when the boy has given the key one turn. The "no-ending ending" leaves it to the reader's imagination to bring it to a conclusion — or not.
The Baptism of the Lord: The precedent Jesus set

Jan 11, 2025 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

Pope Francis baptizes a baby during Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Jan. 7, 2024, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. (CNS/Vatican Media) My dad grew up with two relatives who were eccentric, to say the least. One was an uncle who showed up periodically to sleep on the front porch — often deciding that clothing was an unnecessary inconvenience in hot weather.
Second Sunday of Advent: Captivated by possibility

Dec 7, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

Years ago, I used to take care of my "Irish twin" nephews. One day, spring had finally triumphed over winter, the snow had disappeared and made way for that velvety-soft first growth of grass. One of the boys broke through the front door and did a belly dive to the ground yelling, "GRASS!" Once landed, he remained for about a minute, contemplating what looked like a fresh forest of green when observed at ground level.
First Sunday of Advent: God is waiting

Nov 30, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

(Unsplash/Janis Karkossa) "The days are coming!"Like last week's celebration of Christ the King, today's Gospel gives us an apocalyptic vision amazingly applicable to our days. Lest we think we're unique, people throughout the ages have felt the same — and who's to say it's not true? Jesus says, "People will die of fright!" Wow! Did you ever feel like that was happening?
Dec. 22, 2024: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Nov 25, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

In hindsight, we think we can see the real meaning of an event. Often, we imagine a better way to have handled something or to have understood what was going on at a particular moment. We often begin our rethinking saying, "If only I had known ..."When it comes to the books of the New Testament, the authors made ample use of hindsight to reinterpret the past, illuminate their present and imagine their future.
Dec. 15, 2024: Third Sunday of Advent

Nov 25, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

This Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday. Pope Francis has consistently called us to live with joy, most especially in his apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel," in which we find the word joy 110 times.
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: A kingdom not of this polemical world

Nov 23, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

NGC 602, a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud in an image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Flickr/ESA/Webb) Don't you love the pictures we're getting from the James Webb telescope? We might consider them pinhole glimpses of God's view of the universe. Then, when we see how miniscule Earth appears in the grand scheme of things, God's love for this little world of ours is beyond comprehension.
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: God does not abandon us

Nov 16, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

Daniel in the lion's den, depicted in stone at Sauve Majeure Abbey in La Sauve, Gironde, France (JLPC/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) When I was about 3 or 4 years old, there came a terrific storm of thunder and lightning that made the windows and doors shake. I was terrified. To comfort me, my mother put me on her lap with her arms around me so we could watch the storm together. Lightning would strike and she would exclaim, "Ooh aah!" just as if we were watching fireworks.
Second Sunday of Advent: Captivated by possibility

Nov 9, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

Years ago, I used to take care of my "Irish twin" nephews. One day, spring had finally triumphed over winter, the snow had disappeared and made way for that velvety-soft first growth of grass. One of the boys broke through the front door and did a belly dive to the ground yelling, "GRASS!" Once landed, he remained for about a minute, contemplating what looked like a fresh forest of green when observed at ground level.
First Sunday of Advent: God is waiting

Nov 9, 2024 | ncronline.org | Mary McGlone

"The days are coming!"Like last week's celebration of Christ the King, today's Gospel gives us an apocalyptic vision amazingly applicable to our days. Lest we think we're unique, people throughout the ages have felt the same — and who's to say it's not true? Jesus says, "People will die of fright!" Wow! Did you ever feel like that was happening? Maybe you didn't think you would die, but did you ever feel paralyzed, unable to reply or think of a way to deal with something?