NT-LK45 11.21.21 A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by St Gregory the Great The Lord says: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words will not pass away. He means: “Nothing that is lasting in your world lasts for eternity without change, and everything that in me is perceived as passing … Continue reading Vigils Reading – 1st Sunday of Advent
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) November 28 – December 4, 2021 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Office 1st Sunday of Advent Advent Weekday St Andrew Advent Weekday Advent Weekday St Francis Xavier Advent Weekday … Continue reading SKEMA – 1st Week of Advent
TM-ADV05 12.29.2021 A Reading about Advent and the Demands of God, by Dame Aemiliana Loehr. Even in ordinary speech something of this religious fullness attaches to the word Advent, arrival, and gives it a sparkle and a festive color, or a threatening and dreadful one, but in any case always suggests something overwhelming. Arrival, whether … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Advent Weekday
11SN3001 11.30.21 TAKING UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOWING CHRIST, from a Sermon by St Bernard Today we celebrate the festival of St Andrew, and if we ponder it lovingly we shall find much for the building up of our souls... You will surely have noticed how St Andrew, when he reached the place where … Continue reading Vigils Reading – St Andrew
TM‑ADV07.DOC 11.30.2021 A Reading about the fruitfulness of the desert; from a sermon by Guerric of Igny. AA voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord.@ Before anything else I think we should consider the grace of the desert, the blessedness of the desert, which right from the beginning of … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Advent Weekday
TM-ADV08 12.04.2018 A Reading from the Fourth Sermon for Advent, by Blessed Guerric of Igny. By the wonderful favor of God's loving care, in this solitude of ours we have the peace of solitude and yet we do not lack the consolation and comfort of holy companionship. It is possible for each of us to … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Advent Weekday
12SN0304 12.03.21 St. Francis Xavier – from Butler’s Lives of the Saints Francis Xavier was born in Spanish Navarre at the castle of Xavier, near Pamplona, in 1506, the youngest of a large family. He entered the college of St, Barbara and in 1528 gained the degree of licentiate. It was here that he met … Continue reading Vigils Reading – St Francis Xavier