Daily Reflections
One of the greatest songs of Advent, which tells all about Christmas is the song: “O come o come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear.” The wordings of the song go back to a Latin form in the medieval…
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On this last day of Advent, the eve of Christ’s birth, my prayer is a prayer of hope. With the birth of a baby there is so much to hope for. It is an event that inspires love, joy, and life. Hope is the fruit of this. This Jubilee Year…
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My dear friends, we hardly get good news these days. When we turn on our television or visit any of our social media platforms, it is almost the same. The media are commercialized. It is more of business and commercial news, adverts, negative influences and influencers, online abuses, criticisms, attacks,…
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Today I reflect on the second reading from Hebrews and the invitation the Lord presents to us. Our Lord came as the ultimate sacrifice. He came as a blameless, spotless victim who offered his life out of love and for our salvation. From the very moment God breathed his breath…
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Ahaz’s Predicament: As we wait in eager anticipation for the blessed day of Christ’s birth, we are drawn once again into the far past – the 8th century B.C – into a familiar prophetic text from Isaiah, Chapter 7. The Lord speaks to Isaiah, and through him, to the young…
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Today we meet two couples – faithful, upright but sans offspring, and they live in an age where childlessness is a curse. Angelic messengers bring tidings of great joy: the promise of a son which fulfills their fondest dreams. As we look at these paragons of the past, we too…
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Today’s gospel reading is the story of the angel coming to St. Joseph in a dream and assuring him not to divorce Mary, but to take her as his wife. The angel explains that the baby, who is to be named Jesus, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and will…
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Early on in teaching our Faith Formation class this year, my husband and I realized how little our kids knew of our history as God’s people. Doing our best to work with the Holy Spirit in picking out the most imperative stories, we do a candle-lit reading from the Bible…
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The scene in today’s Gospel is a direct challenge to Jesus’s authority. Recall the context of the event: It is just before the start of Holy Week. At the beginning of this chapter in Matthew, Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem where he knows he will be arrested and crucified.…
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