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December 30, 2006

Feast of the Holy Family - Holy and Human

It's an odd thing about our hard-nosed American society: In this modern age of communication we hang on to every word of world news. Seemingly, we can't get enough of what's happening in Iraq, Afghanistan, Washington, Moscow, Beijing, London. Practically every public news-person has a "take" on current conditions in the world: Bloggers are multiplying exponentially every week. I'm waiting for the Pope to open his own web-log. Of course, he already speaks from his balcony every Sunday at noon. He doesn't need a web-log.

What seems so common about world news, unfortunately, is that much of it concerns competition, recrimination, war and violence: The daily "body-count" in Iraq, American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, the nuclear build up in Iran and North Korea. It seems as though we are almost obsessed with wiping one another off the map.

Then occasionally, but only occasionally, something happens that is spectacularly different, so different that the news commentators, the bloggers and others cannot stop talking about it because it just seems so out of character with the American psyche.

You know it well: It happened last autumn in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. A deranged man, a member of the local community (not Amish) approached the local grade school and killed five young girls.

That act in itself was enough to astonish even the most hardened news-seekers. But what happened next was even more astonishing. The entire Amish community immediately forgave the man, prayed for him and for is family. It was an act which most Americans, in their wildest dreams, could not even imagine happening. It's not like us to forgive murderers of children. But that is, indeed, what the Amish families did and they did it because this is an integral part of their religious conviction and practice as a family, a community.

The public commentary on the Amish forgiveness immediately spread throughout the country. Indeed, the Amish people suddenly became beacons of conscience for all Americans. "See, we're not all so callous," one journalist wrote. "We can learn something from people who espouse peace and forgiveness as a way of life."

I have thought a lot about the Amish response to violence and I thought to myself, this forgiveness is something that comes from their common and deep sense of family. They believe in all this together as one. It's part of their very way of living together as family. It's what bonds them together.

Obviously, all Americans have something to learn from people who, for a change, are "different" and make no excuse for it.

Most of us would probably agree that family life in America has fallen on hard times. (It didn't seem so when I was growing up.) The attractions and distractions of secular society are not always conducive for families to learn how to live with one another helpfully and peacefully. It's tough being family today.

Nonetheless, it seems to me that the fact that all of us have come to be in this world through the creativity of a father and mother and that we were nourished throughout our young life in communion with brothers and sisters, all that tells me that we are, as it were, "home made," created and brought up by those who cared about us enough to make sure we would eventually go out into the world proud of our heritage, thankful not simply for those genes passed on to us, but everything human, including our religious faith, all that makes us to be this unique individual.

In other words, we are who we are through God's creative power, but we are also this person who goes by this name because of much care, nurturing, example, even disciplining. In other words, growing up takes a long time and demands a lot of care and feeding before we become the person God had in mind from all eternity.

A recent author I read put it this way: "The family is the place where we discover who we are and what we are capable of becoming. Family is the place where nature and nurture come together, the place where the members bestow on one another the lasting gifts that will be carried with us throughout our life."

On this feast of the Holy Family, therefore, I often wonder what it was like for Jesus to grow up in a family? There is a line in the gospel that gives us a clue: "Jesus, for his part, progressed steadily in wisdom and age and grace before God and men."
Being Son of God and son of Mary, Jesus grew up as we all do and probably had all the positive and negative experiences every young adult individual has.

We also get some insight about Jesus' early life by noticing what he said and did as an adult. He was, for instance, a fierce defender of the poor and the oppressed because he and his family had grown up poor and oppressed. The fact that Jesus had such a deep concern for justice and peace tells us what he learned at home: He didn't simply pick up those ideas on his own. He learned them from someone and they stuck with him throughout his entire life.

In some sense then, all of us who are born into this world need some "finishing", some "polishing," some tender care in order to become what our heart and God's heart beckons us to become.

Finally, I have often wondered what Jesus looked like. Undoubtedly, he must have resembled Joseph and Mary, not just physically, but he must also have carried with him into adulthood all their human and emotional qualities. In other words, his family made him the one who he ultimately came to be.

Perhaps it can also be said of us: We resemble our family; they have literally shaped and formed us the way we are. Who knows how we would have "turned out" without them?

The scriptures: Sirach 3:2-6 12-14, Colossians 3:12-21, Luke 2:41-52

Posted by Julie Galligan at 09:48 AM.

December 25, 2006

Christmas 2006 - Something For Everybody

It occurred to me one day a while back as the feast of Christmas was coming nearer, that for the 49th time in my life as a priest I would need to think about what I would say about this wonderful, ancient feast which is so dear to so many.

Then I suddenly thought to myself, "this feast isn't all ours, ours meaning Christians or Catholics. It's been taken over by practically everybody...almost, and that's ok. Not only that, Christmas has so many different meanings and so many different implications, so many applications that it has become a sort of universal celebration, mixing the secular and the sacred, and that's ok too."

So, on my yellow legal pad I started jotting down some scattered thoughts, a sort of mixed up list of things that seem to have some relation to the feast of the Incarnation.

First of all, whether the general public, Christian or non-Christian, realize it or not (and I think most folks, at least Christians, do realize it), this feast of Christians celebrates the most earth-shaking, spectacular, almost unbelievable event that has ever and will ever occur on this earth of ours. What we believe is that the God of the universe, the God in whom we believe has made known to us that His Son, a Man-Child would come into this human world of ours and would change life as we know it forever.

And thus it happened: A child was born to Joseph and Mary, peasant folk who lived in Israelite Galilee. He grew in grace and nature to become known as the Messiah, the Anointed One, Son of God. He went around preaching good news, healing and raising, comforting and scolding, but in the end promising eternal salvation to all who were of good will, all who would strive to accomplish justice and peace, loving-kindness and compassion.

But for all the good that this man, the Son of God, did during his life, however, he was maliciously misunderstood, punished and ultimately put to death. End of story ...?.almost.

The point of all this, of course, is that Jesus' history, like all our histories began at a moment in time, at a moment we call birth, coming into the world, breathing earth's air,drinking its water, eating its food, dealing with its joys and its sadnesses:, its saintliness and its sinfulness. As St. Paul would later say: "He came among us in human flesh to take upon himself all that is human."

This then is the theology of this feast: Jesus, the Divine Son of God, Son of Mary came among us in human form in order to teach everyone, Christian and non Christian, how to realize the full extent of their created dignity, the love that their God has for them, the ultimate forgiveness and salvation that is in store for those of honest intent and good will. All that is what we Christians believe and hold fast to. It is our only hope and it all happened in the life of one man, Jesus, at a moment in time we call birth, birthing, being born into the world.

But astonishing as it may seem, the theology of the Incarnation we have just described has had different meanings for different individuals, peoples and cultures, all because there is something supernaturally deep and significant in Jesus' birth.

Some examples: For little kids, this day is a promise of gifts and surprises (perhaps some disappointments too). "Jesus," they will tell us, "was a gift to Joseph and Mary and to the whole world. Therefore we should remember it by giving gifts to one another." Whether little kids actually realize the meaning of all this, I have no idea, but it's still true. It's the ultimate reason why we give gifts.

The scripture scholar who spends his days exploring the hidden meanings of the words may ask, "Did this birth happen in Bethlehem, or is Bethlehem a reference to a fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy?"

The biblical archaeologist will dig in the earth to discover what Bethlehem and Nazareth looked like in the days when Jesus was born. "Was he born in a stable or a hillside cave? What year was He actually born?"

The man or woman in the business community will ask: "What effect will this day have on the gross national product, or this year's economic expectations?"

The demographer will comment on the fact that, the birth of Jesus added one more person to the human race which only recently (October 17, 2006 at 7:43 a.m. eastern standard time) reached 300,000,000.
For the art-lover, Christmas will recall paintings, idealistic representations of Jesus birth by the great Italian artists such as by Giotto, Raphael, Michaelangelo and others. You can see it all on Christmas cards.

And for the rest of us, ordinary folk, Christmas represents a whole host of conflicting experiences: We await the son or daughter home from college. The son or daughter also who refuses to come home. We worry about the relative or friend for whom Christmas is not joy but depression, the one who speaks about suicide. We think about the "hype" that has been going on since early November and now it's all over in one day. The credit card is "max'd out.

But it's not all depressing, this wonderful day: It is something we can easily understand because it's all about family, about kids, about earthly things, about human nature in its most basic form. It's about sharing and giving and eating food and drinking wine; it's about laughing and crying for joy and making sure no one is forgotten.

And, odd as all this may seem, the earthiness of it, it all began with the birth of one Child who sums up in Himself everything that is good and human and honest and true.

No matter, therefore, what may happen to us in this world, all our struggles between nation and nation, all our fears and anxieties, we will return each year to celebrate this day because we know that we have no other choice. It reminds us that at one moment in history something good happened, a child was born and his birth changed all of history forever. Is it any wonder then that we greet one another on this day with the words "Merry Christmas?"

The scriptures for Mass at Midnight: Isaiah 9:1-6, Titus 2: 1-14, Luke 2:1-14

Posted by Julie Galligan at 09:56 AM.

December 23, 2006

4th Sunday of Advent - From Unsuspected Beginnings

As I reflect on the past 13 years I have traveled to the towns and villages to celebrate the liturgy with all those Catholic people, I think of all the young folks I have "sort of" grown up with. I knew them when they were five years old and now many of them are in college. Some of these youngsters lived in very small villages with small schools or no school at all. In such a case their parents did home-schooling. I remember in one instance a youngster who lived in a very small village that had no school. He needed to travel across a wild river by boat or air in summer and by snow machine in winter to attend school in another village. Despite the isolated location where he lived and the difficulty in getting to school, he was a brilliant student and ended up being accepted at Harvard University. By now, he may well be a CEO of some famous company. At any rate, coming from small places has no relationship to the quality of the folks who come from there.

I imagine many mothers and fathers must wonder when their children are born how they will make their way in the world when they grow up. Undoubtedly, they have high hopes. I am told that today parents often begin worrying when their child is in kindergarten whether he or she will eventually be accepted in an "Ivy League" college. No wonder high school students are under such stress trying to pass the SAT and being in the top 2% of their class.

These thoughts came to me as I read the scriptures for this Fourth Sunday of Advent and the references in the reading from the prophet Mica about a ruler for Israel that would come from the unsuspected little town of Bethlehem. It was predicted that he would be a shepherd-person and a man of peace. This is, indeed, what the child born in Bethlehem did actually turn out to be: Shepherd of Israel and Prince of Peace.

I wonder whether Mary and Elizabeth talked about the future of their sons when they visited on that memorable occasion described in the gospel of Luke. Perhaps they were doubtful, like so many others, that no one of any consequence ever came from Bethlehem.

Yet, as we observe history, Bethlehem became the place that is celebrated today as the birthplace of the Savior, the Christ, the Good Shepherd, and the one who would bring peace and justice to all nations. Again, an example that the size of one's birthplace has nothing to do with the future success of its citizens.

I have a hunch that Jesus must have often thought about how people once looked down on the little village of Bethlehem where he was born. And the people who lived there must been proud that the prediction of the prophet Mica came true for them and their village.

Like Jesus, most of us come from places that no one imagines are particularly important or that will go down in history for producing famous people. But, again, like Jesus, our call is to go forth from this place where we were born and to follow our call to do things that will make the world a better place. It's all a great mystery, how we came to be born in this place and later find ourselves, like Jesus, following our vision in places we never imagined. Perhaps the lesson is that we must all at some time leave home to find out where we are meant to be and what we were meant to do in life.

The scriptures: Mica 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-45

Posted by Julie Galligan at 09:44 AM.

December 16, 2006

3rd Sunday of Advent - Ode to Joy

Although I know little about classical music, I do appreciate some pieces that are well known by most folks. One such piece is Ludwig Von Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, opus 125 completed in 1824. It includes the music for a poem entitled Ode An die Freude ("Ode to Joy") by Frederich Schiller.

To give you an example of Shiller's composition, here are some lines from vss 39 to 48:

Joy, joy moves the wheels
In the universal time machine.
Flowers it calls forth from their buds,
Suns from the Firmament,
Spheres it moves far out in Space, Where our telescopes cannon reach.

It might be worth while to read the entire piece while listening to Beethoven's music accompanying it.

Beethoven's 9th has been used for church music and song for many years We have all probably caught ourselves humming it occasionally.. Even the European Union has chosen it as their official anthem. So, you can see how universally popular it is.

Given all this, my sense tells me that the music and words of the 9th Symphony might well be played and sung on this Third Sunday in Advent season because all three scripture readings for this Sunday contain the theme of joy. (Unfortunately, because of the length of the symphony, the liturgy might run a bit overtime; parking problems, you know.)

At any rate, for those who remember the liturgy before the Second Vatican Council, the seasons of Lent and Advent were traditionally penitential in nature and theme. However, one Sunday, the third Sunday of both seasons, was always set aside as a

"free" Sunday when the penitential spirit was lightened. Therefore, Lent's Third Sunday was named Laetare (rejoice) Sunday and the Third Sunday of Advent was named "Gaudete" ("Shout for joy... Sunday). Hence, although the penitential spirit of Advent is not stressed so strictly today, the element of joy still persists.

The first reading for the Third Sunday of Advent comes from the prophet Zephaniah. Zephaniah, like many of the other Jewish prophets, occasionally had hard things to say to the people of his country about their political and moral lives. "If life in the world seems out of whack," Zephaniah would say," count it to the misdeeds of the people. Good morals, justice, honesty and compassion, on the other hand, will give the nation reason for rejoicing."

Then we come to Luke's gospel and the introduction of John the Baptist, never a very happy guy. He is constantly preaching doom and gloom to the people for the quality of their lives. So, the folks listening to him rightly ask: "Hey, if you want us to do penance, just what is that we should do?" Bad question, because they should already have known what they should do. So, John goes right on to tell them. "If you have too many clothes, give some away to he person who doesn't have enough. If you have enough for dinner today, make sure that your neighbor has some too. If you're a public official, don't use your office to line your own pockets. If you are in the military, don't get a big head over your rank. Your job is to protect your country, not to be a bully."

So, I think we can assume that if people are trying to practice the suggestions that John makes, there will be a sense of joy or at least satisfaction in the nation or the community. It probably does not always work so well, of course, but the ideal is good.

That brings up the question of joy itself, joy as we in the Twenty First Century are used to thinking about it. The common way we think of it is like an interior sense of satisfaction or peace when all things are going well for us. We are filled with joy if some unsuspected piece of good luck comes our way. Or perhaps we are joyful simply if nothing catastrophic has happened today and we can feel at peace. Or, finally, we may feel joyful if we have a sense that all is well in the world. All those are reasons for joy.

Of course, if we are honest about it, we have to admit that joy is not simply a feeling about something that affects us personally. I think our sense is that the world itself could be a better place, a more peaceful place, a more just place. That would surely bring a universal sense of joy to everyone.

But unfortunately it does not always happen that way. If that is the way we would like to think of joy, we will be sadly disappointed. Life in the world is not always going well, in fact it is seldom going well. All we need to do is to read our morning paper or watch Good Morning America or the Today Show to know what life is like in the real world on any one particular day. Examples: On the day I write this in early October, many nations in the world are distressed over the fact (we think it's a fact) that North Korea has tested a nuclear weapon and there is nothing even the United Nations can do about it. It makes the world a less safe place to live. No joy there!

In the past several weeks in our own country there have been tragic murders of children in our schools: One, in Bailey, Colorado, another in an Amish community in Lancaster county Pennsylvania where 5 girls were killed and another 5 were seriously injured. No joy in those two communities, for sure.

Moreover, there is surely no joy in the Darfur region of the Sudan in Africa where thousands are dying from rebel attacks or the lack of food and water while the United Nations seems to stand helpless.

Then, lastly, the wars continue in Afghanistan and Iraq where thousands of our soldiers and local civilians have died. No joy in any of those places either.

So, where can we find joy in the world? It happens in unsuspected places. Take the Amish community in Pennsylvania. Most of us could not believe this when we read about in the papers: On the day that Charles Carl Roberts, the man who shot the little girls, was buried in the local cemetery almost half of those who attended the funeral were members of the Amish community. Indeed, reports said that the community actually forgave Charles Roberts soon after the shooting itself. It is their way: They are Christian pacifists and their rule is to forgive no matter what the circumstances. They take life seriously and they forgave Mr. Roberts with honest intent.

Radio commentators expressed amazement at this swift forgiveness because this is not the custom among most Americans, even among Christians. We speak of forgiveness but do not always practice it despite our recitation of the Lord's Prayer each day.

So, reason for rejoicing does happen, not as often as we might like, but it does happen.

The point is, we probably can't make it happen all over the world, but that's not our job. Our job as Christians is simply to bring some hope, some encouragement, some joy into the small world in which we live and work. It is obvious that some people go out of their way to bring sadness into other peoples' lives. Given that, could there not be some way for us, for those who follow Christ, to balance life out, to do some little thing today that will give someone a reason to know that life is ok? Even a smile or a cheerful greeting will do it. It may not change the world, but someone's life will change and that's all that counts.

The scriptures: Zephania 3:14-18, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:10-18

Posted by Julie Galligan at 12:32 PM.

December 09, 2006

2nd Sunday of Advent - Life has Many Obstacles

It often occurs to me as I drive smoothly and contentedly to work in the morning, how lucky we are to have not only good transportation, but good roads to go with it. I can remember times when I was a kid that both the transportation and the roads were far from good. Often in summer, because of bad roads, we traveled twelve miles to Mass with a horse-drawn wagon. In winter, it was a sled, also drawn by horses. Given the roads, of course, an automobile would not have been of much use.

It is interesting when you think about it that our improved transportation has also demanded better roads. Not many people who own a new Mercedes would take the risk of driving the back country roads of Alaska. It is for that reason that the road construction industry is constantly improving our highways.

When I first came to Alaska, for instance, the highway to Glenallen was terribly dangerous. I hated to drive it. But every year the Alaska Transportation Department has been straightening the dangerous curves, making Caribou Creek canyon passable with a new bridge and cutting down some of the steeper hills. Now, it's a breeze, in fact there is a tendency even to go to sleep on the road because you don't need to be watching for obstructions at every turn.

It is interesting, as one thinks about it, that pathways, roads and highways have always played an important part, a metaphor, in understanding the ways of life, here and eternally.

When you reflect on it, life itself in some sense is a road, a way from birth to death, and for the Christian from baptism to Christian burial. In other words, life is never static; it is always dynamic, always calling us to new vistas, new opportunities to find God in the ordinary events of life.

I'm sure this sense of life's ways must have been particularly evident to people of the Middle East in times of the Old Testament because, for the most part, they traveled on foot, by camel or donkey. Life along the way was often difficult, dangerous and challenging. Nonetheless, whatever they came upon along their way must have been a source of excitement and probably made a deep impression on them. The roads and trails themselves also gave them a sense of life itself because they often took the travelers through deep valleys and over mountain passes. Travels were never simple or easy in those times. I'm sure those pilgrims must often have longed for straight and smooth roads.

That is why the prophet Baruch, in the first reading for this Second Sunday in Advent, can speak encouragingly to the Israelite people in exile and assure them that in future days they will come home to their own land and their own city over roads whose gorges have been filled in and whose high hills have been shaved off and whose sharp turns have been straightened, all for safe travel, for safe arrival.

You see, again, these words about roads are a metaphor for life itself: Life does often seem to have many obstacles; nothing in this world ever seems simple, but that does not mean that God deliberately makes our way of life difficult for us. True, we often encounter road-blocks in our daily path, but our faith is what helps us overcome them.

You probably noticed as you listened to the gospel that John the Baptist, that preacher of repentance, copies the same words of the prophet Baruch about roads with hills, valleys and sharp turns. But John has his own way of interpreting those words. Being a tough repentance-preacher, he warns his listeners to straighten out their life's ways, shave off the hills of pride and arrogance and fill in the valleys of sloth and laziness. Get on the straight path again and stay there. That was John's message

So, what could all these references to rough or smooth roads, straight or winding ways mean to us in our age? First of all, it is often true of us that we need to re-look at our life, to straighten things out, find out which way we are going if we have gotten off track. It's something we need to do all the time.

But at the same time, I would also say that if we are people of faith and good will, then despite, the road blocks we often find along our way, whether sicknesses, accidents, disappointments, unsuccessful efforts, temptations or whatever, our life should be hopeful, full of joy. Obviously, we cannot always control all the difficult circumstances in our life that confront us, but we always start over again, always realizing that God knows our ways and supports us in our daily struggles.

We know too that the road that Jesus chose was a tough one, often filled with obstacles, but he kept on doing exactly what he felt God was calling him to do. So, now Jesus stands down the road before us, a way he has already taken and beckons us to continue on. He says to us every day: "Don't give up your life's travels; the kingdom is always just a little further down the road

The scriptures: Baruch 5: 1-9, Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11, Luke 3: 1-6

Posted by Julie Galligan at 10:59 AM.

December 03, 2006

1st Sunday of Advent - Vigilance

Every so often, I read an article in the news paper or hear something on television or radio about the danger that Big Brother is watching you. Actually, it's not a myth: Somebody, some Big Brother (maybe a Big Sister) is watching you. Ever since "9/11, as we all know, we have been living under heightened surveillance. In most big cities, if you happen to be walking down a main thoroughfare and if you choose to raise your eyes, you will see a little "not-so-hidden" camera peering down at you. Indeed, you may see several of these in a single block.

The reason for this, public authorities will tell you, is that they hope to avert incidences of violence before they happen or at least find the perpetrators before they get away.

But despite all this caution, many people today are beginning to worry about the abuse of power, about the loss of private identity or even about the possibility of being able to freely and innocently walk down the street without being watched over by some anonymous entity. It's obviously a different world since 9/11/01 and kind of scary. Who's watching whom these days?

But, again, authorities say, "be vigilant: If you see something suspicious, report it. Unfortunately, however, sometimes innocent people are reported for doing nothing illegal at all. At any rate, today the word is vigilance.

It may seem like a stretch, but for Christians who annually celebrate the season of Advent, you can expect to find all sorts of references to vigilance in the scriptures for those Sundays. Don't become alarmed, however. This is not a reference to the electronic-eye up there on the light pole. This warning to be vigilant comes from the early Christians' sense that the Lord Jesus would come back and come very soon as he had promised. Therefore, it seemed advisable "to be in the state of grace," as we once used to say, and not take any risks with our eternal salvation.

Of course, it's been some time now since that initial worry about Jesus' imminent return. Hence, we might ask, should we stop worrying?

Well, I would put it in a more positive way: I think we should always be concerned about how we are living our Christian life, not with the worry that we might be "going to hell." Rather, we should be thinking about new and creative ways that we could live as Christians.

All this concern in the scriptures about vigilance comes at the beginning of a new liturgical year, the new season of Advent, a very appropriate time to think again about the direction in which our Christian life has been going.

So, with that, let me offer some suggestions about how to be vigilant as we enter the new liturgical year. The question: Are there any opportunities out there to live our Christian life in a more creative way? Or do we just continue on in the same fashion as we did during the last liturgical year?

Here are some suggestions. They may not all fit everyone's tastes, but they may at least give you an insight you may not have thought of before.

First of all, Christian life is more than faithfully attending Mass each Sunday. Christian life is about "life," "life" lived in a whole lot of different ways. It's about learning and growing. It's about searching for new ways to experience Christ in our lives. It's about asking questions and finding answers. It's about dialoging with other Catholics to find out how they experience being Christian, even though they may not always agree with you about some issues.

So then, here are some thoughts on all this business of being vigilant:
Some day, get on the computer and check out the Vatican web site and see what Pope Benedict is saying. After all, he is our Catholic Teacher, the one responsible for orthodox Catholic teaching.

Or, you might want to check out the web site of the Archdiocese of Anchorage to see what is happening in your diocese. There are just a whole raft of things on that site that could enlighten your faith.

Or even closer to home: You might want to check out what is going on in your parish: Join a bible discussion group. Sign up for a new ministry you have never tried before. Start a Catholic book club with your friends and read some good Catholic authors. There are lots of good ones.

Perhaps you may want to subscribe to a good Catholic news paper or a magazine like U.S. Catholic

Or, if you cannot join a Catholic book club, check out the Catholic books section at Barnes and Noble Book Sellers when you are in Anchorage.

Or closer to home: Look up Google on your computer and type in "Things Catholic." Choose a topic and discuss it with your family.

Or, on the personal level: Decide that every month during the coming liturgical year you will try to learn something new about your Catholic faith.

In short, all that I have been suggesting has to do with watching, being vigilant for ways to grow in your faith.

Being Catholic can be an exciting experience if we're vigilant and willing to look around for ways to go about it.

No better time than now at the beginning of a new liturgical year.

The scriptures: Jeremiah 33: 14-16, I Thessalonians 3: 12-4:2 Luke 21: 25-2

Posted by Julie Galligan at 03:04 PM.