November 29

Tuesday of the First Week in Advent

• Today is “Giving Tuesday,” a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration.  Consider a gift to one of the national collections that support the Church's works of social justice, evangelization and education
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• Meditate today on these words from Julian of Norwich, the English anchoress and Christian mystic from the late medieval period:
  “God, before creating us, loved us, and His love never lessened and never will. In this love he accomplished all his works, and in this love he oriented all things to our good and in this love our life is eternal.” —Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (1342-1416), (LIX, LXXXVI)
  
  
• Church teaching on racism is clear: it is a sin. Yet many violent incidents of this past year attest that racism persists in our nation. As Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a July 2016 statement: "People are suffering because their uniform is blue, suffering because their skin is black and suffering simply because of their station in life."  Read more about recent efforts to combat racism and have an honest family discussion about ways to fight it in your community.
  
  

Pray for peace in our communities and for an end to racism.