'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

 Saturday of the First Week of Advent
Readings of the day: RB 56Mass: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26; Resp. Psalm 147; Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8 St Juan DiegoAt the sight of the crowds,his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a sheph

 Readings of the day: RB 55:15-22Mass: Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Resp. Psalm 98; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38  Peter Paul Rubens, Immaculate Conception, 1627

HAIL, MARY, FULL OF GRACE!THE LORD IS WITH YOU;BLESSED ARE YOU AM

Anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1941)

Readings of the day: RB 55:1-14Mass: Isaiah 26:1-6; Resp. Psalm 118; Matthew 7:21, 24-27



Trust in the Lord forever!For the Lord is an eternal Rock.
At table, we are reading J. Pérennès’s, 

 Readings of the day: RB 54Mass: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Resp. Psalm 23; Matthew 15:29-37

Russian Icon of St Nicholas
THEY GLORIFIED THE GOD OF ISRAEL.
In today’s Gospel we hear of the great crowds that came to Jesus. Many with visible afflictions were brought to Him: the mut