IMPRESSIVE NAPOLITAN NATIVITY SCENE (17th-20thc.) OF HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CARIDAD (Seville, Spain). Sharing you this impressive Napolitana style Nativity scene displayed in the Hospital de la Santa Caridad. They were owned and donated by Rev. Msgr. Gianfranco Lanfame to the institution and is composed of pieces dating from the 17th century to the 20th…
Category: Advent
3rd Sunday of Advent C: “What should we do?” Summary of ideas of today’s liturgy.
3rd Sunday of Advent C. “WHAT SHOULD WE DO?” Summary of ideas of today’s liturgy. The joy before the proximity of Christmas is the characteristic trait of the 3rd Sunday of Advent. That is why, in the Entrance Antiphon and in the 2nd reading, we pray: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice….
THE NATIVITY SCENE OF OUR SCHOOL CHAPEL.
THE NATIVITY SCENE OF OUR SCHOOL CHAPEL. Thank God, Jesus is well-loved in our school. Everyday, when children and their parents arrive, they visit and greet Jesus in the school oratory with a short prayer and a genuflection. During this season of Advent, they also give Baby Jesus a loving kiss. Jesus, Mary and Joseph,…
JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, MAY CHRIST’S LOVE REIGN IN OUR FAMILIES.
JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, MAY CHRIST’S LOVE REIGN IN OUR FAMILIES. The meme above shows a beautiful and doable quote from St. John of the Cross. The surest way to act is to sow Christ’s love especially in situations where discord, indifference and enmity abound. With patience and perseverance, when what is sowed is…
3rd Sunday of Advent. Mass and readings.
3rd Sunday of Advent. Mass and readings. In this Mass the color violet or rose is used. ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Gaudéte in Dómino semper: íterum dico, gaudéte. Dóminus enim prope est. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near. [–» Greeting] COLLECT O God, who see how your people faithfully await…
Advent Reading: GOD’S PROMISES ARE GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE SON (St. Augustine).
ADVENT READING: God’s promises are given to us through the Son. St Augustine’s commentary on psalm 109 God is faithful. He has made himself our debtor, not by receiving anything from us but by promising us so much. The promise alone was not enough for him: he wanted it in writing, so that he could be held…
Advent Reading: IN CHRIST, GOD HAS SPOKEN TO US (St John of the Cross).
In Christ, God has spoken to us St John of the Cross The principal reason why the Old Law permitted us to ask questions of God, and why prophets and priests had to seek visions and revelations of God, was because at that time faith had no firm foundation and the law of the Gospel…
2nd Sunday of Advent C: “PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD, MAKE STRAIGHT HIS PATHS.”
2nd Sunday of Advent C: “PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD, MAKE STRAIGHT HIS PATHS.” OUTLINE 1.Summary of ideas of this Sunday’s readings Prepre the way for the Lord by making straight his paths: Advent, a call to conversion and Confession Advent, a call to judge and use rightly the things of this world so…
2nd Sunday of Advent. Mass prayers and readings.
2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT. Mass prayers and readings. ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Pópulus Sion, ecce Dóminus véniet ad salvándas gentes; et audítam fáciet Dóminus glóriam vocis suæ in lætítia cordis vestri. O people of Sion, behold, the Lord will come to save the nations, and the Lord will make the glory of his voice heard in the…
WHY DID THE SON OF GOD BECOME MAN?
WHY DID THE SON OF GOD BECOME MAN? The Compendium of the Catechism, n. 85 teaches us the answer to the above question: “For us men and for our salvation, the Son of God became incarnate in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. He did so to reconcile…
