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…
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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.
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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…
ADVENT READING: THE WORD OF THE LORD WILL COME TO US (St. Bernard Clairvaux)
ADVENT READING: THE WORD OF THE LORD WILL COME TO US (St. Bernard Clairvaux) We know that the coming of the Lord is threefold: the third coming is between the other two and it is not visible in the way they are. At his first coming the Lord was seen on earth and lived among…
ADVENT PRAYER TO THE HOLY CHILD JESUS
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POPE FRANCIS ON ADVENT 2018: “KEEP WATCH AND PRAY.”
POPE FRANCIS ON ADVENT: “KEEP WATCH AND PRAY.” Below you have a ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave December 2, 2018, before praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. +++ Before the Angelus: Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! Advent begins today, the liturgical season that prepares us for…
1st Sunday of Advent (C): A CALL TO VIGILANCE, PURITY AND HOLINESS.
1st Sunday of Advent (C): A CALL TO VIGILANCE, PURITY AND HOLINESS. With Advent, we beging a new liturgical cycle and at the same time we prepare to commemorate the first coming of Christ, as described in the 1st reading: The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made…
1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT. Year C. Mass prayers and readings.
1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT. Mass prayers and readings. ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Ad te levávi ánimam meam, Deus meus, in te confído non erubéscam. Neque irrídeant me inimíci mei, étenim univérsi qui te exspéctant non confundéntur. To you, I lift up my soul, O my God. In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to…
DECEMBER 23. Mass and readings.
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