Sunday, December 01, 2013 {First Sunday of Advent (Blessing of Advent wreath after homily)}
REFLECTIONS
My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my words to the King.
-- Psalm xliv. 2
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5
1 The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
3 and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9
1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"
2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem, built as a city which is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they prosper who love you!
7 Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers!"
8 For my brethren and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!"
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.
Second Reading: Romans 13:11-14
11Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;
12 the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;
13 let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44
37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
39 and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.
41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
42 Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
43 But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Monday, December 02, 2013 (Advent Weekday)
REFLECTION
God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
-- Ps. xlvi. 6
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 or Isaiah 4:2-6
Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9
Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11
Tuesday, December 03, 2013 {St. Francis Xavier, Priest (Memorial)}
REFLECTION
Diligence in prayer is the perfection of the Gospel.
-- St. Aloysius Gonzaga
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm: Psalm 72:1, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Gospel: Luke 10:21-24
Wednesday, December 04, 2013 (Advent Weekday)
REFLECTION
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.
-- Pope John Paul II
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10
Psalm: Psalm 23:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 15:29-37
Thursday, December 05, 2013 (Advent Weekday)
REFLECTION
If one yields ground on any single point of Catholic doctrine, one will later have to yield later in another, and again in another, and so on until such surrenders come to be something normal and acceptable. And when one gets used to rejecting dogma bit by bit, the final result will be the repudiation of it altogether.
-- St Vincent of Lerins
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6
Psalm: Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27
Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Friday, December 06, 2013 {St. Nicholas, Bishop (Optional Memorial)}
REFLECTION
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a Saint.
-- St Ignatius Loyola
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24
Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31
Saturday, December 07, 2013 {St. Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)}
REFLECTION
Anxiety proceeds from an ill-regulated desire to be delivered from the evil we experience, or to acquire the good to which we aspire; nevertheless, nothing aggravates evil and hinders good so much as anxiety and worry.
-- St Francis de Sales
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
Psalm: Psalm 147:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 9:35 -- 10:1, 5-8
REFLECTIONS
My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my words to the King.
-- Psalm xliv. 2
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5
1 The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
3 and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9
1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"
2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem, built as a city which is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they prosper who love you!
7 Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers!"
8 For my brethren and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!"
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.
Second Reading: Romans 13:11-14
11Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;
12 the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;
13 let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44
37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
39 and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.
41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
42 Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
43 But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Monday, December 02, 2013 (Advent Weekday)
REFLECTION
God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
-- Ps. xlvi. 6
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 or Isaiah 4:2-6
Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9
Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11
Tuesday, December 03, 2013 {St. Francis Xavier, Priest (Memorial)}
REFLECTION
Diligence in prayer is the perfection of the Gospel.
-- St. Aloysius Gonzaga
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm: Psalm 72:1, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Gospel: Luke 10:21-24
Wednesday, December 04, 2013 (Advent Weekday)
REFLECTION
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.
-- Pope John Paul II
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10
Psalm: Psalm 23:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 15:29-37
Thursday, December 05, 2013 (Advent Weekday)
REFLECTION
If one yields ground on any single point of Catholic doctrine, one will later have to yield later in another, and again in another, and so on until such surrenders come to be something normal and acceptable. And when one gets used to rejecting dogma bit by bit, the final result will be the repudiation of it altogether.
-- St Vincent of Lerins
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6
Psalm: Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27
Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Friday, December 06, 2013 {St. Nicholas, Bishop (Optional Memorial)}
REFLECTION
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a Saint.
-- St Ignatius Loyola
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24
Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31
Saturday, December 07, 2013 {St. Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)}
REFLECTION
Anxiety proceeds from an ill-regulated desire to be delivered from the evil we experience, or to acquire the good to which we aspire; nevertheless, nothing aggravates evil and hinders good so much as anxiety and worry.
-- St Francis de Sales
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
Psalm: Psalm 147:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 9:35 -- 10:1, 5-8
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