Posts by Fr. Belken

Would A Christmas Carol have been the same even without Christmas? What does it teach us to do in our own celebrations today, and throughout our lives?

What can we expect to get from Jesus as we enter these last few days of advent? What will we find under the tree?

Notre Dame is back in all it's glory! But, perhaps the cathedral is less a reflection of our Lady, and more of a reflection of us, and our need of…

The ritual of cleaning the house to prepare for a Christmas tree is all for show if we don't undergo the more important work first: preparing for Christ.

We have to be vigilant and diligently watching so many different things in life to be effective, cows included. Shouldn't faith be amongst the first of them?

We shouldn't acknowledge Jesus as King and just walk away unchanged- should we? How should we respond?

Eventually the Father is going to reappear- but we don't know when. What are we supposed to do in the meantime?

In a world that is all about saving money on the things we buy, is there a better way when we find ourselves in front of the "temple treasury"?