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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n2nd Week of Advent\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (B)\, Weekdays (II)\nDecember 10 – 16\, 2023\n\n\n\nSun\n10\nMon\n11\nTue\n12\nWed\n13\nThu\n14\nFri\n15\nSat\n16\n\n\nOffice\n2nd Sunday of Advent\nAdvent Weekday\nOur Lady of Guadalupe\nSt Lucy\nSt John of the Cross\nAdvent Weekday\nAdvent Weekday\n\n\nVigils\nIsa 14:1-21\nIsa 27:1-13\nProv 8:32-9:11\nIsa 30:15-26\nIsa 32:1-20\nIsa 34:1-17\nIsa 35:1-10\n\n\nLauds\nIsa 4:2-6\nIsa 10:20-27a\nSir 4:11-18\nIsa 12:1-6\nIsa 55:6-12\nZeph 3:14-20\nIsa 11:10-16\n\n\nMass\n5\n181\n690A\n183\n184\n185\n186\n\n\n1st\nIsa 40:1-5\, 9-11\nIsa 35:1-10\nRev 11:19a; 12:1-6a\, 10ab\nIsa 40:25-31\nIsa 41:13-20\nIsa 48:17-19\nSir 48:1-4\, 9-11\n\n\n2nd\n2 Pet 3:8-14\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nMark 1:1-8\nLuke 5:17-26\nLuke 1:39-47\nMatt 11:28-30\nMatt 11:11-15\nMatt 11:16-19\nMatt 17:9a\, 10-13\n\n\nVespers\nRom 5:1-11\nRom 6:1-11\nGal 3:23-29\nRom 6:16-23\nRom 7:14-25\nRom 8:1-6\nRom 8:9-17
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 2nd Sun of Advent
DESCRIPTION:PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD \nFrom a sermon by St Francis de Sales1 \n◊◊◊ \nNOW\, since our divine Savior is near\, what must we do to prepare for his \ncoming? St. John tells us this when he says in his preaching\, that we must do \npenance. All must do this without exception\, for as we are all sinners\, we all have \nneed of penance. \nBut that is too general: let us hint at certain particular features. St. John has \npointed out some in the Gospel. “Prepare the way of the Lord\, straighten out his \npaths\,” he says\, “every valley is to be bridged\, and the rough paths made into \nsmooth roads.” \n“Do penance\,” \n… that is to say\, humble these mountains of pride\, fill these \nlukewarm and faint-hearted valleys because salvation is at hand. Now these \nvalleys that this glorious saint wishes us to fill are simply fear\, which\, when it is \ntoo great\, leads us into discouragement. The sight of great faults committed brings \nwith it a certain dread\, an astonishment and a fear which depresses the heart. \nThese are the valleys which must be filled with confidence and hope for the coming \nof our Lord. \n“Humble the mountains and hills\,” says the glorious St. John. What are these \nmountains but presumption\, pride and that self-esteem which is a great hindrance \nto the coming of our Lord\, who is accustomed to humiliate and reduce the proud; \nfor he penetrates the depth of the heart in order to discover the pride which is \nhidden therein. \nLevel the roads\, straighten those which are crooked so as to make them \neven\, which is as if he said: Correct so many dodging and crooked intentions\, so as \nto have only that of pleasing God in doing penance\, which should be the end \ntowards which we ought to aim. As the sailor\, when he guides his ship\, always has \nhis eye on the compass to see if he is going straight to his goal\, so we ought always \nto have our eyes open to see what acts of penance we can undertake\, so that we \nmay come to that heaven to which we aspire. \nTo smoot the paths is to calm moods by the mortification of the passions\, \ninclinations and aversions. How desirable it is\, this equality of spirit and mood\, \nand how we ought to work faithfully to acquire it! For we are more variable and \ninconstant than words can tell. We find people who are now in a good humor\, \ntalking pleasantly and joyfully: but in a twinkling\, you find them vexed and \nunquiet. You will find others to whom it is necessary to speak now in this manner\, \nnow in another; such men are at present mild-hearted\, who a moment after\, for \nlittle reason\, will be impatient. In short\, what does one see among men except \ncontinual oddities and inequalities of spirit which are the tortuous\, rugged ways \nwhich we must make straight before the coming of our Lord. \nBut in order to do it well\, we must go to the school of the glorious St. John \nthe Baptist and beg him to receive us as his disciples\, and if he does so he will put \nus into the hands of our divine Savior\, who in turn will put us into those of the \nEternal Father who will give us his grace in this world and his glory in the next\, \nwhere we shall praise him eternally. \n  \nSermon for the 4th Sunday of Advent\, Trans.\, Lectionary and Martyrology\, ed. Encalcat Abbey\, Dourgne-Tarn 1956\, 27-28.3 \n 
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