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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Today’s readings Appropriately enough, I think, we celebrate a second of Mary’s feasts in the space of just four days. During Advent, we naturally turn our hearts in gratitude to Mary for her fiat that made possible our world’s salvation. Last week we celebrated the Immaculate Conception of Mary; today we celebrate a quite different…
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Third Sunday of Advent [B]
Today’s readings There’s a little more light today. It might not seem like there’s more light, because the days are rapidly getting shorter, and will continue to do so until the winter solstice. The darkness and cold of the night seem so much more prevalent than the joyful light of day. But still, there’s a…
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Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Today’s readings We Americans tend to believe that we ourselves have all the answers; and I don’t necessarily mean that all of us together have the answers, but rather that we individually have the answers. We often hold relative truth, even if we wouldn’t say that we do. We often insist on acting according to…
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Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today’s Readings Blessed Pope Pius IX instituted the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8, 1854, when he proclaimed as truth the dogma that our Lady was conceived free from the stain of original sin. This had been a traditional belief since about the eighth century, and had been…
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The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary II (School Mass)
Mass for the school children. I think we’re so blessed that we get to come to church and celebrate so many of Mary’s feasts. Today is a very special feast because Mary, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, is the patroness of the United States of America, and so she is very special to us. …
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Monday of the Second Week of Advent
Today’s readings What the Pharisees were missing in this gospel story was that there is something that paralyzes a person much worse than any physical thing, and that something, of course, is sin. And if you’ve ever found yourself caught up in a pattern of sin in your life, of if you’ve ever struggled with…
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Second Sunday of Advent [B]
Today’s readings When I was a teenager, some of us would climb up onto the roof of our house on the fourth of July so that we could see the fireworks. It was by far the best seat in the house. We could usually see the fireworks not only in our own town but in…
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Monday of the First Week of Advent
Today’s readings Could you do that? You have someone close to you at home, and you know Jesus is near and one visit could heal her or him. Yet, you realize the unworthiness that you have, that we all have, for him to come under your roof. Would you have faith enough to tell him…
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The First Sunday of Advent [B]
Today’s readings To you, I lift up my soul, O my God. In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame. Nor let my enemies exult over me; and let none who hope in you be put to shame. Those are the very first words in our new Roman Missal’s Proper of…
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Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Jesus says to us today, “this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.” This includes all of us, past, present and future. We will all live, in some way, to see the end of days, either here on earth, or from the joy of heaven. So what will…
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