The prophet Isaiah reminds us that the Lord teaches and leads us in ways that are for our own good, inviting us to trust in Christ and follow him with full and open hearts.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent (#185)
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St. Lucy, pray for us!
Mary’s response – both to the angel Gabriel and to Elizbeth – invites us to consider how we embrace the Good News of Jesus Christ in our lives.
Mass Readings – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (#690A)
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!
The words of the prophet Isaiah inspire us to draw our strength from the Lord, who sustains and renews us when we are weary.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent (#183)
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St. Damasus, pray for us!
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Jesus teaches the disciples that our heavenly Father rejoices when we who were lost have been rescued and restored.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Advent (#182)
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Our Lady of Loreto, pray for us!
On this feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we recall that God chooses and blesses us to become holy as we draw near to the Lord and one another.
Mass Readings – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (#689)
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John the Baptist proclaims a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah to prepare the way of the Lord.
Mass Readings – 2nd Sunday of Advent (#6)
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Jesus gives his authority to the Twelve and sends them to carry out his example of preaching, teaching, healing, and driving out evil…all without cost.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent (#180)
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St. Ambrose, pray for us!
As Jesus heals the two blind men and restores their sight, we turn to Christ in our spiritual blindness that we might see clearly and respond directly to the Lord.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 1st Week of Advent (#179)
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St. Nicholas, pray for us!
Like a house built on a rock, when we build our lives upon the Lord we find a strength that sustains us in times of difficulty and distress.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent (#178)
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Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus praises the heavenly Father for the glory that has been revealed to the disciples by what they see and hear.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 1st Week of Advent (#176)
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St. Francis Xavier, pray for us!
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