The fact that many of the early saints made such a tremendous impression on the Church—awakening widespread devotion and great praise from the greatest writers of the Church—is proof of the heroism of their lives.
This fervent invitation today is for us to join the whole earth in affirmation of God’s power and love and mercy. We, as God's people should communicate our experiences to each other. We should tell one another of the great and kind things which God has done for us, especially what he has done for our souls, those spiritual blessings with which he has blessed us.
The Baptism of the Lord is the great event celebrated by the Eastern churches on the feast of Epiphany because it is the occasion of the first public revelation of all the Three Persons in the Holy Trinity, and the official revelation of Jesus as the Son of God to the world by God the Father.
God’s message to us in Sacred Scripture, picks up with the shepherds following the directions of the angels to go and see this wondrous event that opens the skies and changes all history.
Today, December 17th we enter into that final stretch of our Advent preparation. In the Church's solemn prayer of the hours, at Vespers, the great "O Antiphons" are sung...read more...
The Third Sunday of Advent is often referred to as Gaudete ("Rejoice") Sunday. The title comes from the beginning of the Latin introit for this Sunday, "Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete" ("Rejoice in the Lord; again I say, rejoice," Philippians 4:4).
The feast commemorates the Blessed Virgin’s December 9–12, 1531 appearances to St. Juan Diego, the Náhuatl-Aztec who had recently converted to Christianity, whose own tilma or cloak bore—and continues to bear—the miraculous imprint of her image from when “the desert rejoiced and blossomed” (Is 35:1)...
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We gather to worship God from every walk of life with our cares and concerns, triumphs and joys. May we seek to let the glory of God’s voice be heard in our hearts. This Advent, let nothing hinder your single-minded pursuit of Christ and his company.
St. Frances Xavier lived his life in constant awareness of the wonders of God he saw in every moment of the day. His desire was that the word of God should reach the ends of the earth.
First Sunday of Advent | Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come…. So, too, you must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
This Sunday, at the end of the Church’s liturgical year, the readings describe the enthronement of the victorious Christ as King in Heaven in all His glory.
Today we celebrate the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the day her parents brought her to the Temple and dedicated her to the Lord.
There’s a surprise at the start of this week’s mass: an Introit that isn’t from the Psalms. It is from Jeremiah 29:11–14. This powerful and affirming passage is a part of a letter Jeremiah writes to the exiles in Babylon - the Hebrews who have been taken from their own land and are now living in a foreign place.
Certainly the saints can seem remote. Most of the saints—even the best known—have names that sound strange to our ears. It seems they lived centuries ago in places we will never visit. And yet, this week, we have the opportunity to reflect on a saint who is very close to us, not only in terms of when she lived her life, but where, as well—here in the United States.
