列印 『The way of the Lord is the “via crucis. "』
Our Saint of today, St. John of the Cross.
He is one Saint who plumbed the depths of the ways of the Lord.
He understood and lived the way of the Lord, the way of the Cross!
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Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11
Then came the prophet Elijah like a fire,
列印 God asks that we submit to his will and his commandments.
If we do that, God will lead us and teach us the way that we should go.
They may laugh at us, insult us, or call us hypocrites.
But if we remain faithful in following the Lord, we will live in his presence forever.
St. Lucy, virgin & martyr
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Isaiah 48:17-19
Thus says Yahweh,
列印 This second Sunday of Advent is the call to repentance.
“Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance”
Preparing the Lord’s path toward peace
valleys filled full, mountains and hills humbled, everything crooked made straight and true.
letting God humble everything that is proud and self-satisfied in us.
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Baruch 5:1-9
Jerusalem, put off your garment
列印 Our Lady of Guadalupe
Today, much of the Church in the Americas celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Mary appeared not to a king or a bishop but to Juan Diego, an indigenous peasant farmer.
In the depths of winter, The roses blooming out of season
show the healing of the earth that the Lord's coming will bring.
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Zechariah 2:14-17 (or Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab)
"Sing and rejoice,
列印 Ambrose, born in 340 in Trier, Germany, to a Roman Christian family,
Saint Ambroseas one of the four original Doctors of the Church,
along with Saints Augustine, Jerome, and Gregory.
“When I read the Scriptures,” he used to say, “God walks with me in Paradise.”
Ambrose succeeded in provoking the repentance of Emperor Theodosius,
who had ordered it. “The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church,”
St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor
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Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
O people of Zion,
列印 “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”
Jesus summons us, the weary and the burdened, to come to him.
he is gentle and humble of heart. His assurance – that we shall find rest.
Jesus' yoke is easy and his burden light
because God is also the one who enables us to carry the yoke and burden that come our way.
St. Damasus I, pope
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Isaiah 40:25-31
To whom, then,
列印
Saint Nicholas lived in the 4th century and was the Catholic bishop.
He is traditionally depicted wearing his red bishops robe and mitre,
though his costume and story have morphed over time into
that of the modern Santa Clause, the secular patron of Christmas gift-giving.
St. Nicholas, bishop’
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Isaiah 29:17-24
In a very short time,
列印 The Second Week of Advent is the week of Peace.
Jesus came to be the Prince of Peace.
Jesus saving us from our sinfulness.
He was happier over this lost sheep than the ninety-nine who never wandered away.
Is not only ready to have us back in the fold but is positively overjoyed about it.
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Isaiah 40:1-11
Be comforted, my people,
列印 Who may enter the kingdom of heaven?
Not all that says “Lord, Lord”will necessarily enter His Kingdom.
Those who do the will of the Father will, Simply offering lip service to faithfulness is not enough.
Witnessing to our faith with our lives is necessary.
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Isaiah 26:1-6
On that day
列印 The Immaculate Conception is the belief
that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus.
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception,
by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ,
the Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.
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Genesis 3:9-15, 20
Yahweh God called the man
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列印
What are we waiting for? Advent is patience, longing, and anticipation.
Isaiah tells us that “Yahweh Sabaoth will prepare for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, meat full of marrow, fine wine!”
We realize that Jesus is the true food, the true “Bread from heaven” that truly satisfies!
St. John of Damascus, priest
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Isaiah 25:6-10a
On this mountain Yahweh Sabaoth
