Tag Archive | Advent season
The Fourth Sunday of Advent ~ The power of visiting a friend
The Fourth Sunday of Advent ~ December 23, 2018 Today’s Gospel story is a beautiful one. When the angel announced to Mary that she would conceive a child, she was given a way to confirm that message: to go visit her “kinswoman who has also conceived in her old age.” (Lk. 1:36) . . . […]
The shaking reality of Advent
Thursday of Third Week of Advent O Key of David, opening the gates of God’s eternal Kingdom: Come and free the prisoners of darkness! ~ The O Antiphon for December 20th Father Alfred Delp, S.J. aptly wrote two years after I was born about being shaken up, as so many of us feel in our […]
Advent Day 19 ~ What wondrous love is this?
Wednesday of the third week of Advent O Come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear, Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel! Emmanuel, they tell us you are “God-with-us.” Where are you, Emmanuel? Are you here? Are you here in […]
Advent Day 18 ~ Depressed or lonely at Christmastime?
O come, thou dayspring, come and cheer Our spirits by thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death’s dark shadows put to flight. ~ O Antiphons Tuesday of the third week of Advent There sometimes can be a lot of depression swirling around at Christmastime. People can feel lonelier because we’re expected to […]
Advent Day 17 – The Burning Bush of the World
Advent Day 17 ~ Monday of the third week of Advent Advent themes are all about waiting for light to shine in our darkness. For we who are Christians we await, Jesus, Yeshua, who is for us the Light of the World. We prepare a place for him to shine in our own hearts this […]
Advent Day 16 ~ Rejoice! The Lord is near!
Third Sunday of Advent ~ Sunday December 16, 2018 In our Catholic liturgical calendar this is “Gaudete Sunday — the Sunday of Joy. We’re more than half way through Advent and the vestment color is Rose, rather than purple, the color of penitence. So, we see the celebrant in rose vestments. This is supposed to […]
Advent Day 12 ~ The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ God prefers the poor
Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent ~ THE FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Today,we honor our sister and brothers in Mexico as they celebrate the appearance of the Mother of Jesus to a poor peasant native Mexican. Today, may we unite ourselves in solidarity with all the peoples of North and South and […]
