Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
When my sisters and I were young, my mother would spend all of Advent baking cookies and making candy. That may hardly seem remarkable; after all, countless millions of Christmas cookies are baked and consumed every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. But my mother didn’t eat any of the cookies she baked, and neither did we – not before Christmas, that is.
The glory of God’s creation is on full display during this autumn season. Our Creator is whispering into our eyes, as if to say, “Come look and ponder on what I have made for you.”