POPE FRANCIS’ ADDRESS ON GAUDETE SUNDAY 2017


POPE FRANCIS:, GAUDETE SUNDAY 2017 PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS WITH CONSTANT JOY, PERSEVERING PRAYER AND CONSTANT THANKSGIVING. Here is a ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave today, Dec. 17, 2017, before and after praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. +++ Before the Angelus: Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning!…

3rd Sunday of Advent (B) Mass readings.


3rd Sunday of Advent (B) Mass readings. Reflection in https://wp.me/p6k7Mv-35Z LITURGY OF THE WORD First reading: Book of Isaiah 61:1–2a, 10–11 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the…