feasting on the word
"If you meditate on the Scriptures it will appear to you in its brilliant splendor." ―St. Pio of Pietrelcina
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Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (B) Numbers 6:22-27 | Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 | Galatians 4:4-7 | Luke 2:16-21  Jeremy wants a PlayStation 5 Console for Christmas really badly, but the kid is a real bad seed, and he knows it. He writes a letter to Jesus. "Dear Jesus, if I get a bike for Christmas, I'll be good for a whole week." He thinks about it, crosses out what he wrote, and says, "I can't be good for a
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (B) Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 | Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 | Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 | Luke 2:22-40  The Nativity of the Lord (B) Isaiah 9:1-6 | Psalm 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 | Timothy 2:11-14 | Luke 2:1-14  Long ago in a far away kingdom, there was a forward thinking king who believed in quick justice. One day, a thief was brought by the guards to him for his judgement. The king told him he had two options. He could be hung by a rope or take the punishment behind the big dark scary steel door.
Fourth Sunday of Advent (B) 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 | Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 | Romans 16:25-27 | Luke 1:26-38  We are now on the fourth Sunday of Advent, and as the song goes, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Third Sunday of Advent (B) Isaiah 61:1-2A, 10-11 | Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 | John 1:6-8, 19-28  We are now very close to celebrating Christmas Day! The Third Sunday of Advent is traditionally called Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is the Latin for “rejoice.” This Sunday is so named because today’s Mass begins with the antiphon from Philippians 4:4,5, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! The Lord is near.”
Second Sunday of Advent (B) Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 | Psalm 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14 | 2 Peter 3:8-14 | Mark 1:1-8  The readings for the second Sunday of Advent summon us to play our essential part by leading lives of repentance, conversion, and renewal, thus preparing the way for the Lord's second coming.
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