Christmas 2021

Christmas is here and we are called to celebrate. Have we prepared ourselves for His coming?  Whether we are ready or not, He is ready and willing to come to us if only we let him into our hearts. He is in our midst; His name is Emmanuel, God with us!

May his word open our eyes, May his Spirit open our hearts! Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas!

Advent 4th Sunday C: Liturgical prayers

 Greeting (See the Gospel)

Blessed are they who believe with Mary
that the Lord will fulfill his promises.
The Lord be with you. R/ And also with you.

Dec 13-18: Advent

 Dec 13 Monday (St. Lucy, Virgin, Martyr) 

The context: After casting out the animal-merchants and moneychangers from the Temple immediately after the Palm Sunday procession, Jesus started teaching in the Temple courts.

3rd Week of Advent, Monday, Dec 13

3rd Week of Advent, Monday, Dec 13

Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 / Matthew 21:23-27

Balaam prophesies; A star shall advance from Jacob.

Advent 4th Sunday: Mary Visits Elizabeth

 1. Two Kids on an anti-Christmas Campaign

The big celebration begins, a festival of light and love, of joy and laughter, of family and community and world. Light is mentioned almost twenty times in the course of today's liturgy. On one of the darkest days of the year, light explodes all around us. The sun is sneaking back, just as Jesus kind of sneaked into the world in the quiet of Bethlehem.  

Advent 3rd Sunday C: Gaudete Sunday (Rejoice)

In the first reading the prophet Zephaniah invites the Israelites to shout for joy: “Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.

Advent 2nd Week: Dec 6-11

  Dec 6 Monday (St. Nicholas, Bishop) 

The context: Beyond showing his authority over temptation,