The First Sunday of Advent
Today’s readings Happy New Year! I know, as I say that, that we are still more than a month away from the end of the year. But I also know that you know that I’m speaking of the new year … Continued
The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today’s readings In every age of the world, people have needed hope. Because in every age of the world, there has been unbelievable hardship. There has always been war, and disease, and poverty, and oppression, and alienation, and all the … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Listen again to those words of hope from the Gospel I just read: “And I tell you, ask and you will receive;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives;and … Continued
O Root of Jesse
Today’s readings In these late days of Advent, we pray the “O Antiphons.” These antiphons are the various titles of Jesus as found in Scripture. Today’s antiphon is “O Root of Jesse” and it is found as the antiphon for the Canticle … Continued
The Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
Today’s readings Today’s readings and liturgy call us to rejoice. That’s the reason for the rose-colored vestments and the more joyful tone of today’s readings. This is called Gaudete Sunday: gaudete being Latin for “rejoice,” the first word of today’s introit or proper entrance antiphon which … Continued
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings Virtues are those habits and dispositions that lead us to what is good (CCC 1804). There are generally a couple of different kinds of virtues: human virtues (like prudence and justice) and theological virtues (like faith, hope and … Continued
The First Sunday of Advent
Today’s readings We’ve gathered here today on the precipice of something new. Do you feel it? Do you come here with a sense of hope and expectation? Are you on the edge of your seat? Well, if not, I certainly … Continued
Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent: O Root of Jesse
Today’s readings In these late days of Advent, we pray the “O Antiphons.” These antiphons are the various titles of Jesus as found in Scripture. Today’s antiphon is “O Root of Jesse” and it is found as the antiphon for … Continued
The First Sunday of Advent
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 … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Listen to the voices of hope in today’s Liturgy: “But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.” “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; … Continued
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