The Second Sunday of Advent opens with the cry of John the Baptist out of the wilderness: ‘Prepare the Way’. This cry is intended to pierce our hearts so that we may be ready for the new unfolding life of ‘the God who is to come’.
Beatification of 19 Religious Men and Women Martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, including seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine murdered in 1996.
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 55:15-22
Mass: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Resp Ps 98; Ep 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38
Friday of the First Week of Advent
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 55:1-14 Clothing and Footwear for the Community
Mass: Is 29:17-24; Resp Ps 27: Mt 9:27-31
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 54 The Reception of Letters and Gifts in the Monastery
Mass: Is 26:1-6; Resp Ps 118; Mt 7:21, 24-27
The Lord is an eternal Rock.
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 53:16-24
Mass: Is 25:6-10a; Resp Ps 23; Mt 15:29-37
The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.
Readings of the DayRB: Ch 2:30-32Mass: Heb 1:1-6; Resp ...
