3rd Week of Advent, Monday, Dec 12
Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 / Matthew 21:23-27
Balaam prophesies; A star shall advance from Jacob.
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Showing posts with label Advent Week. Show all posts
2nd Week of Advent, Friday, Dec 9
2nd Week of Advent, Friday, Dec 9
Isaiah 48:17-19 / Matthew 11:16-19
I am your God; I will show you the path to follow.
1st Week of Advent, Saturday, Dec 3
1st Week of Advent, Saturday, Dec 3
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 / Matthew 9:35 - 10:1, 6-8
Isaiah foresees more things; When you cry out, he
will answer you.
1st Week of Advent, Friday, Dec 2
1st Week of Advent, Friday, Dec 2
Isaiah 29:17-24 / Matthew 9:27-31
Isaiah talks about messianic times; Then the eyes of the
blind will see.
1st Week of Advent, Thursday, Dec 1
1st Week of Advent, Thursday, Dec 1
Isaiah 26:1-6 / Matthew 7:221, 24-27
There will be a day of reckoning; He humbles those who
are proud.
Advent 4th Week: Dec 20-24
Advent 4th Week: Dec 20-24
Dec 20 Monday:
The context: Today’s Gospel describes the story of the Annunciation, explaining how God began to keep the promise
2nd Week of Advent, Friday, Dec 10
2nd Week of Advent, Friday, Dec 10
Isaiah 48:17-19 / Matthew 11:16-19
I am your God; I will show you the path to follow.
Advent 2nd Week: Dec 6-11
Dec 6 Monday (St. Nicholas, Bishop)
The context: Beyond showing his authority over
temptation,
1st Week of Advent: Nov 29-Dec 4:
1st Week: Nov 29-Dec 4:
Nov 29 Monday:
Context: Jesus’ healing of the centurion’s slave, described in today’s Gospel, shows us how God listens to our Faith-filled prayers and meets our needs. Centurions were reliable, commanding, brave captains in charge of 100 soldiers. They were used to giving and receiving commands.
Advent, 24th December, Thursday
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 / Luke 1:67-79
Nathan prophesies about David: “Your kingdom will last forever. ”
Advent, December 23, Wednesday
Malachi 3: 1-4, 23-24; Luke 1: 5-25
I will send my messenger; “He will prepare the way for me.”
Advent: Dec 21-24
Dec 21 Monday (St. Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor of the Church) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-peter-canisius : Visitation of the BVM: http://cpbcomaha.org/2020/05/visitation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/ Lk 1:39-45: 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, …45 USCCB video reflections http://www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/index.cfm
Advent, 22nd December, Tuesday
1 Samuel 1: 24-28; Luke 1: 46-56
Hannah takes Samuel to the Temple; Hannah dedicated Samuel to God.
Samuel’s birth bears a similarity to Jesus’ birth. He too was born of a mother whose situation was such that people thought she couldn’t bear children. But Samuel’s mother, Hannah, had great faith in God. She prayed that God would give her a son, and God heard her prayer. Samuel grew up to give Israel leadership at a time when she needed it most.
Advent, 21st December, Monday
Songs 2:8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18 / Luke 1:39-45
The time is near: My lover comes leaping over the hills
A popular film scene is an aerial view of two lovers, some distance apart, running toward each other with open arms. The length of the scene can vary, depending on how far apart the lovers are. Sometimes the director heightens the tension by doing the scene in slow motion. ’Alien the two lovers finally meet, they are swept up into each other’s arms.
Advent, 17th December, Thursday
Genesis
49:2, 8-10 / Matthew 1:1-17
Jacob prophesies: Judah
will hold the royal scepter.
3rd Week of Advent, Wednesday, Dec 16
Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-26 / Luke 7:19-23
Isaiah prophesies: Turn to me and be saved.
In Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861, dawned cold and rainy. But the weather didn’t keep the crowds from lining the streets of that town. They cheered as President-elect Lincoln passed on his way to the railroad station.
Advent week: Dec 14-19
Dec 14 Monday (St. John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor of the Church)
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-john-of-the-cross : Matt: 21: 23-27: 23 And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said,
3rd Week of Advent, Tuesday, Dec 15
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 / Matthew 21:28-32
Zephaniah prophesies: I will prepare a humble people.
Charles Colson was a top Nixon aide. He went to prison in the Watergate scandal. Later he underwent a religious conversion. Today he spends all his time preaching the Gospel, especially to prisoners. Colson was deeply influenced by C. S. Lewis’s book Mere Christianity. One passage, especially, touched him. “Pride leads to every other vice. . . .As long as you are proud you cannot know God.
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