Advent 1 Sunday C: Signs, Be Vigilant

Michel DeVerteuil

Textual Comments
The gospel readings for Advent each year invite us to meditate on the mystery of waiting, and they do it by presenting us with stories of great people who knew how to wait. On the first Sunday, Jesus himself is the model as he taught his followers the spirituality of “waiting in joyful hope”.

33rd Week, Saturday, Nov 20

 33rd Week, Saturday, Nov 20

1 Maccabees 6:3-13 / Luke 20:27-40

Antiochus dies grief-stricken; He paid dearly for his sins against Israel.

33rd Week, Friday, Nov 19

 33rd Week, Friday, Nov 19

1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 / Luke 19:45-48

Judas goes to Jerusalem; He purified and rededicated the Temple.

33rd Week: Nov 15-20:

 33^rd Week: Nov 15-20: 

 Nov 15 Monday (St. Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor of the Church): 

33rd Week, Wednesday, Nov 17

 33rd Week, Wednesday, Nov 17

2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 / Luke 19:11-28

Seven brothers are martyred; Their mother exhorted them to persevere.

Christ the King -34th Sunday

 

Introduction: It was Pope Pius XI who brought the Feast of Christ the King into the liturgy in 1925, to bring Christ, his rule and Christian values back into lives of Christians, into society and into politics.

33rd Week, Tuesday, Nov 16

 33rd Week, Tuesday, Nov 16

2 Maccabees 6:18-31 / Luke 19:1-10  

Old Eleazar is martyred; He left an example to the young.

32nd Week, Saturday, Nov 13

 32nd Week, Saturday, Nov 13

Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9 / Luke 18:1-8

The sea becomes a dry road; Israel saw what God did and rejoiced.

32nd Week, Thursday, Nov 11

32nd Week, Thursday, Nov 11

Wisdom 7:22-8:1 / Luke 17:20-25

Wisdom is all-seeing; Wisdom defeats wickedness.

33 Sunday B - End Times - Parousia

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