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While Outreach readers remain intensely interested in Biblical interpretation, popular stories published in 2024 focused on internal church matters and the LGBTQ Catholic experience.

While the Holy Family was holy, their lives were not free from stress, disagreement and even conflict.

Even after 2,000 years the Christmas story can, and should, still shock us.

Identifying people, places and traditions that create a sense of home helps illuminate the Christmas season—even inside a cold seasonal chapel.

What brings you joy? Can you allow others to share their joy with you, and be as happy for the way that God has graced them as you are for the graces in your life?

Surely the truth of God’s limitless, all-welcoming love for every one of us is the burning heart of the Christmas mystery.

While happiness is sometimes a transient response to an event, Christian joy is about a relationship. With God.

“You can’t grow spiritually in an atmosphere of toxicity,” said Sherry Simon, a semi-retired clinical psychologist.

Contemplative devotions can push us toward what Pope Francis calls the “personal core,” where Christ can push beyond our limits.