Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Season Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (I) December 27 – January 2, 2021 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tues 29 Wed 30 Thu 31 Fri 1 Sat 2 Office Holy Family Holy Innocents 5th Day in Christmas Octave 6th Day in Christmas Octave 7th day in Christmas … Continue reading Skema
VIGILS READINGS Christmas Season December 27-January 2, 2021 SUN 27 Holy Family Ephesians 5:21-6:4 NT-LK43 Cyril of Alexandria MON 28 Holy Innocents Exodus 1:6-22 12SN2803 St John Henry Newman TUES 29 5th Day in Christmas Octave Colossians 1:1-14 TM-CHR04 Meister Eckhart WED 30 5th Day in Christmas Octave Colossians 1:15-2:3 … Continue reading List of Readings
NT-LK43 12.27.20 Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Cyril of Alexandria We see Emmanuel as a newborn infant lying in a manger. In his human condition he is wrapped in swaddling clothes, but in his divine nature he is hymned by angels/ Angels broughgt the shepherds the good news of his birth, for … Continue reading Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Cyril of Alexandria
12SN2803 12/28/20 THE MIND OF LITTLE CHILDREN, from a Homily by St. John Henry Newman "Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."(Mt 28:3) The longer we live in the world, and the further removed we are from the feelings and remembrances of childhood … Continue reading THE MIND OF LITTLE CHILDREN, from a Homily by St. John Henry Newman[1]
TM-CHR04 12/29/20 Life in God and in His Son. From a Sermon by Meister Eckhart. "God has sent his Only-Begotten Son into the world." You must not by this understand the external world in which the Son ate and drank with us, but understand it to apply to the inner world. As truly as the … Continue reading Life in God and in His Son. From a Sermon by Meister Eckhart.[
THE NATIVITY KERYGMA from a book by Thomas Merton In its prayers, the Church plunges us into the Light of God shining in the darkness of the world, in order that we may be illuminated and transformed by the presence of the newborn Savior, and thus that he may be born and truly live in … Continue reading THE NATIVITY KERYGMA from a book by Thomas Merton
TM‑CHR09.DOC 12.31.20 A farewell to a year of the Lord=s grace, from the book Everyday Faith by Karl Rahner. Let us bid farewell to the old year thankfully so that it may become what it ought to be, the gift of the grace of God. For God has given us all the days of this … Continue reading A farewell to a year of the Lord=s grace, from the book Everyday Faith by Karl Rahner.
MARY-81 01.01.20 Mary, the Mother of God, in the Mystery of the Church - Taken from the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church from Vatican II 1 Wishing in His supreme goodness and wisdom to effect the redemption of the world, “when the fullness of time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, that … Continue reading Mary, the Mother of God, in the Mystery of the Church – Taken from the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church from Vatican II 1
01SN0402 01/04/20 HOW GOD LEADS US IN THE WAY TO TRUE PEACE AND LIVE, by Elizabeth Seton How often have I felt my soul awakened by thy Light and warmed by the fire of thy Love--then I approach thee--I find Thee--but Alas instantly after, I lose thee-; often I think myself received--then fear I am … Continue reading HOW GOD LEADS US IN THE WAY TO TRUE PEACE AND LIVE, by Elizabeth Seton
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Season Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (I) January 3 – 9, 2021 Sun 3 Mon 4 Tues 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Office Epiphany of the Lord St Elizabeth Ann Seton St John Neumann Epiphany Weekday Epiphany Weekday Epiphany Weekday Epiphany Weekday … Continue reading skema Christmas Season
A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew by St. Leo the Great Dearly beloved, the day on which Christ first showed himself to the Gentiles as the Savior of the world should be held in holy reverence among us. We should experience in our hearts the same joy as the three wise men felt when … Continue reading Epiphany of The Lord
HOW GOD LEADS US IN THE WAY TO TRUE PEACE AND LIVE, by Elizabeth Seton How often have I felt my soul awakened by thy Light and warmed by the fire of thy Love--then I approach thee--I find Thee--but Alas instantly after, I lose thee-; often I think myself received--then fear I am rejected--and in … Continue reading St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St John Neumann, Bishop Born at Prachitz in Bohemia on March 28, 1811, John Neumann was the third of the six children of Philip, a German, and Agnes, a Czeck. He early showed signs of considerable intellectual ability, coupled with a wish to become a religious. He went to school in Budweis, and then to … Continue reading St John Neumann, Bishop
A Reading from Sermon 5 for Epiphany, by St Leo the Great. EVERYTHING THAT BELONGS to genuine love - something we also, according to the Lord's prayer, owe our enemies - should be our desire and aim. For the life of reliable people should be of service not to themselves alone but also to others, … Continue reading Epiphany Weekday
Taking God on his own terms; a reading about the manifestation of God to the magi, by Edward Leen. Everybody knows that the call of the Magi typifies the vocation of the Gentiles to the Church of God. But to penetrate more deeply into this mystery and to read therein an experience common to a … Continue reading Epiphany Weekday
A Homily of St Basil the Great 1 The star came to rest over the place where the Child lay. When they saw it, the Wise Men were filled with great joy. Let us also welcome that joy of theirs into our own hearts, for it is the same as the glad tidings which the … Continue reading Epiphany Weekday
A sermon for Epiphany by Aelred of Rievaulx 1 Rise up, be enlightened, Jerusalem, for your light has come. This is the Jerusalem which the Lord Jesus, who is the true and highest peace, is building up out of living stones, the Jerusalem that aspires to the vision of him and believes with utter certainty … Continue reading Epiphany Weekday
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (I) January 10 – 16, 2021 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tues 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Office Baptism of the Lord Office for Vocations St Aelred St Hilary Office for the Dead SS … Continue reading Vigils Readings Skema
A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark by St Ephrem You are my Son, the Beloved: my favor rests with you Today the source of all the graces of baptism comes himself to be baptized in the river Jordan, there to make himself known to the world. Seeing him approach, John stretches out his hand … Continue reading Vigils Readings: Baptism of the Lord
The Golden Epistle by William of St Thierry continued 1 Do you ask what you are to do, with what you are to occupy yourself? First of all, after the daily sacrifice of prayer and application to reading, a part of every day should be devoted to examination of conscience and to improvement and right … Continue reading Vigils Reading: Office for Vocations
St Hilary of Potiers = from the Catholic Encyclopedia St. Hilary was born to a pagan family in Potiers, France around 310 A.D. He apparently grew up without any significant Christian influence, but received an otherwise comprehensive education in the Latin and Greek classics. He also rigorously studied both Greek philosophy and the Bible. He … Continue reading Vigils Reading: St. Hilary
THE MYSTERY OF DEATH, from the Constitution on the Church in the Modern World It is in the face of death that the riddle of human existence grows most acute. Not only are we tormented by pain and by the advancing deterioration of our bodies, but even more so by a dread of perpetual extinction. … Continue reading Vigils Reading: Office for the Dead
A reading about Saints Maur and Placid from the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great. The holy man, St Benedict, having returned to Subiaco, long continued to shine by his virtue and miracles, and assembled a great number of solitaries who consecrated themselves to the service of God, so that, with the aid of our … Continue reading VigilsReading: Saints Maur and Placid
A Homily of Amadeus of Lausanne on the Blessed Virgin Mary (CF 18: 64-66) We read in the Gospel that the Virgin was saluted by the angel, espoused by God,, that she conceived by the Holy Spirit, brought forth true God and true man, who should save his people from their sins, and of whose … Continue reading Vigils Reading
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (I) January 17 – 23, 2021 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tues 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Office 2nd Sunday Weekday Weekday Bl Cyprian Tansi St Agnes Weekday Memorial of BVM Vigils 1 Chron … Continue reading SKEMA
SUN 01.17.21 A Commentary on the Gospel of John by Basil of Seleucia 1 Spurred on by the testimony of John the Baptist, the glorious apostle Andrew left his teacher and ran to the one pointed out by him. John's words were his signal, and moving more swiftly than John could speak, he approached the … Continue reading Vigils Readings
MON 01.18.21 A reading from the Encyclical of Pope John Paul II – “Ut Unum Sint” – “That they may be One” At the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church committed herself irrevocably to following the path of the ecumenical venture, thus heeding the spirit of the Lord, who teaches people to interpret carefully … Continue reading Vigils Readings
TUE 01.19.21 A Reading from the Encyclical of Pope John Paul II – “Ut Unum Sint” – “That They may be One” The Decree on Ecumenism from the Second Vatican Council states: “The Lord of the ages wisely and patiently follows out the plan of his grace on behalf of us sinners. In recent … Continue reading Vigils Readings
WED 01.20.21 A Reading from the Encyclical of Pope John Paul II – “Ut Unum Sint” – “That They may be One” The Catholic Church affirms that during the two thousand years of her history she has been preserved in unity, with all the means with which God wishes to endow His Church, and this … Continue reading Vigils Readings: Bl Cyprian Tansi
Thursday 01.21.21 A Reading from the Encyclical of Pope John Paul II – “Ut Unum Sint” – “That They may be One” Passing from the obligations of the Christian conscience to the actual practice of the ecumenical journey toward unity, the second Vatican Council emphasizes above all the need for interior conversion. The second … Continue reading Vigils Readings: St Agnes
FRI 01.22.21 A Reading from the Encyclical of Pope John Paul II – “Ut Unum Sint” – “That They may be One” The Second Vatican Council exhorts “all Christ’s faithful to remember that the more they strive to live according to the Gospel, the more they are fostering and even practicing Christian unity. … Continue reading Vigils Readings
SAT 1/23/21 The Call To Holiness, the Decree On the Church from the Vat. II Documents The Church, whose mystery is set forth by this sacred Council, is held, as a matter of faith, to be unfailingly holy. This is because Christ, the Son of God, who with the Father and the Spirit is hailed … Continue reading Vigils Readings