The exchange between Elizabeth and Mary reveals our invitation to seek out God’s presence in our lives and respond with eager joy to the Lord’s call.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 3rd Week of Advent (#197)
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St. Peter Canisius, pray for us!
As Mary encounters the angel, he tells her, “Do not be afraid!” Our knowledge that the Good News will at times challenge and test us gives us a chance to see God at work in some of the most difficult and painful moments of our lives.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Advent (#196)
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Let’s examine some of the themes that surface in the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent.
1st Reading – 2nd Samuel 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16
Psalm – 89:2-5,27,29
2nd Reading – Romans 16:25-27
Gospel – Luke 1:26-38
Mass Readings – 4th Sunday of Advent (Year B, #11)
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The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe has fostered the faith of millions of Christians around the world, inspiring us to renew God’s gift of grace in our hearts with the fire of the Lord’s love.
Mass Readings – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (#690A)
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!
Mary’s sorrow is witnessed in both Gospel options today: Luke’s passage speaks of the “sword of sorrow”, and John’s text reveals Mary’s agony before the Cross of her Son.
Mass Readings – Our Lady of Sorrows
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Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us!
Mary’s Magnificat gives glory to God for the marvelous things that the Lord has done. Her song of praise becomes our own as we follow her example and offer our lives for her son, Jesus Christ.
Mass Readings – The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
After searching for their lost son for three days, Mary and Joseph find Jesus in the midst of the teachers in the Temple area.
Mass Readings – The Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
On this feast of Mary, the Mother of the Church, may the words of Jesus to John inspire us to look to Mary’s example of discipleship and love as Christ invites each of us to “behold, your mother.”
Mass Readings – Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Church
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Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us!
The Good News of the angel Gabriel to Mary inspires us to live this message of grace in our lives today.
Mass Readings – Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
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As the shepherds describe what had been revealed to them by the angel, Mary kept all these things and reflected on them in her heart. May her example lead us into our own reflections on her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, as we put our faith into practice.
Mass Readings – Mary, the Mother of God
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
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