The Son of God, through whom all things were created, was not welcomed, and a poor manger for animals was his crib. The eternal Word of the Father whom the heavens cannot contain chose to come into the world in this way. Out of love, he accepted poverty and rejection, identifying himself with those who are discarded and excluded. #Christmas
Xavier wins the 93rd Crosstown Shootout defeating the Bearcats 79-74! ⚔️
Tre Carroll led all scorers with 30 POINTS in one of the best performances in Shootout history.
Highlights from tonight's game below! ⬇️
#LetsGoX@XavierMBB@XUAthletics@XUCoachPitino
HS FOOTBALL: Sandusky SMCC 34, Chalker 20, FINAL. The Panthers dominate the final 14 minutes of the game to win the @8Northern championship. @RegisterSports@SCCS_Ath
Adam Gopnik’s review of Elaine Pagel's latest book is a masterclass in condescension toward Christianity. I respond to Gopnik in my latest for @firstthingsmag: https://t.co/cq5xZEGrc4
Friends, our Gospel today (Luke 15:1–3, 11–32) is Jesus’ best-known parable, and perhaps the greatest story ever told. It tells us practically everything we need to know about our relationship to God, if we but attend to the details carefully.
The younger son asks for his share of the estate and quickly squanders it in a faraway land—and so it always goes. We are the children of God; we have been given life, being, everything by him; we exist through him at every moment. What is represented here so vividly is the moment of sin, which means rupture or division.
So the son is forced to hire himself out so as to become a feeder of pigs. And no one gives him anything. Coming to his senses at last, he decides to break away and return to his father.
The father sees him from a long way off, and then, throwing respectability to the wind, he comes running out to meet him. The Bible is not the story of our quest for God, but of God’s passionate, relentless quest for us. He puts a ring on his son’s finger—the ring of marriage, symbolizing the reestablishment of a right relationship between us and God.
And now, back by popular demand:
I ranked all the mascots in the NCAA men's tournament field.
It's a fine line between adorable and ferocious, aesthetically pleasing and disconcerting.
Who walks it? One man's opinions for @SInow here:
https://t.co/MXVOFr9ZVV