Monday 18 December 2023 Week 3 of Advent Jeremiah 23:5-8 See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will raise a virtuous Branch for David, who will reign as true king and be wise, practising honesty and integrity in the land. In his...
Articles for December 2023
The “Catacombs’ Pact of the Poor & Servant Church”
Catacombs of Domitilla https://www.domitilla.info/idx.htm?var1=docs/pacten.htm On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the convocation of the Second Vatican Council, we remember fondly the Alliance of the Catacombs of the Servant and Poor Church. On November 16, 1965, a few days before the Council ended, forty Council Fathers celebrated Eucharist in...
His Master’s voice
Sunday December 10 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:01-5.9-11 Psalm 85 Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and grant us your salvation. 2 Peter 3:8-14 Mark 1:1-8The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I...
The Kingdom – a practice not a place
Saturday December 9 First Week of Advent St. Juan Diego Isaiah 30:19-21.23-26 Psalm 147 Blessed are all those who wait for the Lord. Matthew 9:35-10:1.5a.6-8Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds...
Faith in what you do not know
Friday 8 December 2023 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genisis 3:9-15, 20After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the LORD God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was...
Deep, sturdy interior Connections
Thursday 7 December 2023 Saint Ambrose 1st week of Advent Isaiah 26:1-6That day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; to guard us he has set wall and rampart about us. Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in, she,...
Completing our Deepest Hunger
Wednesday 6 December 2023 1st week of Advent Isaiah 25:6-10 On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoples a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. On this mountain he will remove the mourning...
Joy and Hope in Humility and Simplicity
Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse, a scion thrusts from his roots: on him the spirit of the Lord rests, a spirit of wisdom and insight, a spirit of counsel and power, a spirit of knowledge and of the...
Come
Monday December 4 First Week of Advent Isaiah 2:1-5This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, The mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many...