FOURTH WEEK IN ADVENT THANK YOU, LORD! Introduction Today is a celebration of thanks to the Lord, who does great things to humble people who trust in God. In the Old Testament Hannah gives thanks to God because he has given her a son. She dedicates him to God. Samuel will […]
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FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT The Joy of Encounter Introduction Few things, if any, are more beautiful on the human and the divine level than the encounter between persons. An encounter is a great joy and grace. The first reading speaks of the encounter between a suitor and the […]
FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT The Virgin Mother Introduction The two beautiful texts of today correspond to each other as promise and fulfillment of the promise. The child to be born of a young maiden as a sign of Israel’s salvation probably spoke directly of a son to be born […]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT God Visits His People God’s Way of Coming 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. Introduction by the Celebrant God Visits His People Our world is […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT IMMANUEL Introduction When the kings of God’s people had not fulfilled their mission of guiding the people to God, the prophet Jeremiah announces that God would do away with them and become himself the shepherd of his people. But he will make this new beginning through […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT Jesus Christ, “Son of Man” Introduction The liturgical readings of today call our attention to Christ in his human reality: human like us in everything – except for sin, clarifies St. Paul – a descendant of sinners, who, as Church Fathers stress, are even singled out […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT God’s Faithful Love Introduction The first reading speaks of the future glory of Jerusalem, God’s people. She had deserted God like an unfaithful bride, and God had apparently abandoned her for a while in the exile. Now he is ready to take her back and renew his covenant with […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT Good News to the Poor Introduction People and events are agents of salvation: heaven and earth cooperate, but ultimately it is God who saves through people. In the first reading, through the prophet, God addresses Cyrus the Great, who let the Jews return from exile. He was […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT The Poor and Sinners – Open to the Word Introduction God had spoken continually to his people in words and deeds, yet they did not listen. But among them a remnant of poor people will return to God. With them, all the pagan, sinful nations will come to serve […]
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT A Star from Jacob Introduction “We want to be liberated from those illusions, frustrations, injustices and repression to which the modern world has subjected us in violation of its promises – this is what the young are saying, the disinherited, the automatons of modern technology: we want to be […]