A calm for Christmas

W ith a thundering voice, Bill Holt, a Dominican priest in Manhattan, preaches frequently about the “thunder of silence.” Father Holt isn’t just any Catholic priest — he’s one who went viral during COVID. A video of him was posted, unbeknownst to him, of him smoking on the St. Vincent Ferrer priory steps. There he was, being himself, quite relatable, and yet with something clearly more. Something …