Third Sunday of Advent., Year C – Gaudete Sunday
‘Rejoice in the Lord always;Again, I say rejoice!Indeed, the Lord is near.’ This antiphon, which every year opens the liturgy on the Third Sunday of …
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‘Rejoice in the Lord always;Again, I say rejoice!Indeed, the Lord is near.’ This antiphon, which every year opens the liturgy on the Third Sunday of …

Just a Thought The Second Sunday of Advent is dominated by the figure of John the Baptist. Each of the synoptic Gospels recalls his preaching …

Homily First Sunday of Advent Year Welcome to the wonderful season of Advent. A special time given to us by the Church so that we …

Since Vatican II, the liturgical year has concluded with the Feast of Christ the King, celebrated on the Thirty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. One minor …

Today we have a Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Bernard. In it he will inform us that, as from the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning …

The story read at the beginning of the Liturgy of the Word today is one of the best-known passages of the “Cycle of Elijah,” which tells of …

The Book of Deuteronomy—’The Second Law’ — is a code of civil and religious laws inserted into a great discourse attributed to Moses. The passage read …

To call on God for help, to cry out to Him, beseeching Him to intervene, is an act of faith in His mercy on which …

In these next two Sunday’s, we are with Jesus [and the disciples] as he enters his last phase on his journey toward Jerusalem. What follows …

From the beginning, God has spoken to humankind: ‘In times past and in various different ways God…. Spoke through the prophets. But in our own time, …