Monthly Archives: December 2022

Jack Frost

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

         “…art cries out for an artist. It is plainly impossible that so standard a work as the Universe should remain anonymous.” – G.K. Chesterton One morning my sister-in-law captured a photo of the top image that was left on her windshield … Continue reading →

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All Is Calm, All Is Bright

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Originally posted on CROSSROADS-Right Choices:
Before 2019 Christmas was as it always was. The hustle and bustle of gift shopping, tree and house decorations, cards coming and going, the anticipation of children as they looked forward to the Christmas break…

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The Good Christmas Thief

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“The Thief Who Understood Value” I was disappointed to find that the life-size Nativity was not on display in the Danielson town green some years ago. My first thought, knowing our times, was that some objection to the display might … Continue reading →

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Where Advent Leads

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

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Let’s go back and think of all the repercussions of the sin of Adam.?There isn’t an Arab; there isn’t an American;??there isn’t a European; there isn’t an Asiatic in the world who does not feel…

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Why Advent? Revisited.

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, as well. It is a time of both anticipation and preparation for the celebration of the Birth of … Continue reading →

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