Readings of the day: RB 65:1-10Mass: 1 Samuel 1:24-28; Resp. Psalm 1 Sm 2); Luke 1:46-56


O King of all nations and keystone of the Church;come and save us, whom you formed from the dust!
MARANATHA.

Readings of the day: RB 63:10-19Mass: Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a; Resp. Psalm 71; Luke 1:5-25 A redwood in the monastery's groove

O Root of Jesse’s stem, sign of God’s love for all his people:come to save us without delay!
MARANATHA.

Readings of the day: RB 63:1-9Mass: Jeremiah 23:5-8; Resp. Psalm 72; Matthew 1:18-25
O Adonai

I pass on a suggestion from a friend, for each day of the ‘O’ Antiphons:Carry the name of Jesus and that day, the title for Him as a prayer in your heart,as you are walking, working, moving.
O

This is Gaudete Sunday, which means in one word: Rejoice!  I think as we delve a little into the readings we will see how apropos this title is for describing the Third Sunday of Advent!  The first reading from Isaiah opens with this announcement: ‘The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me’.  It follows with a kind of delineation of what t

Readings of the day: RB 61:6-14Mass: Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11; Resp. Psalm 80; Matthew 17:9a, 10-13
The Prophet Elijah
ELIJAH WILL INDEED COME AND RESTORE ALL THINGS;BUT I TELL YOU THAT ELIJAH HAS ALREADY COME, AND THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM BUT DID TO HIM WHATEVER THEY PLEASED.
Christian life demands, so to speak, the ‘m