On Second Thought Christmas draws us into holy anticipation, teaching the Church how to wait, how to remember, and how to hope with intention. Even on December 25, when waiting gives way to celebration, Christmas’ deeper purpose remains—to help us grasp what it truly means that “His name shall be called Emmanuel” (Matt. 1:23), “GodContinue reading “If He Had Not Come”
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“Where Bones Cannot Speak—But Christ Does”
On Second Thought There is something unsettling about walking beneath a city and finding yourself surrounded by the bones of its past. The Catacombs of Paris are a somber reminder of human mortality—an underground labyrinth where six million Parisians rest in carefully arranged anonymity. Tourists step down a narrow spiral staircase and into dimly litContinue reading ““Where Bones Cannot Speak—But Christ Does””