Readings of the day: RB 59Mass: Isaiah 40:25-31; Resp. Psalm 103; Matthew 11:28-30
Maestro de Perea - Saint Lucy. 1500
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart;and you will find rest for yourse

Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
Readings of day: RB 58:17-29Mass: Zechariah 2:14-17 or Rev. 11:19a; 12:

Saint Damasus I (c.304-84)
Readings of the day: RB 58:1-16Mass: Isaiah 35:1-10; Resp. Psalm 85; Luke 5:17-26

Hear the word of the Lord, O nations;Declare it to the distant lands:Behold, our Savior will come;you need no longer fear.(Entrance Antiphon, Mass)
I continue to marvel at the WOR

Readings of the day: RB 57Mass: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Resp. Psalm 85; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8
John the Baptist - Chartres CathedralPrepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths:all flesh shall see the salvation of God.ALLELUIA.
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'Prepare the way of the Lord’:  this is the proclamation for the Second Sunday of Advent.  Jean Danielou wrote over 40 years ago these words that so aptly describe our present day reality:  “The Baptist’s message is addressed to a world held captive by sin and death, powerless to free itself, a world destined for dea