‘Here I am the servant of the Lord’, ‘let it be done to me according to your word’ (Lk 1:38): all ways of saying ‘yes’.  Our consent has given us seeds of new life: “Of his fullness we have all received, grace and truth” (Jn 1:16).  We have been gifted with ‘grace and truth’ in and through the birth of Christ.  How do we then live from this gift?  What can help us to not let this gift be ignored, or not believed in, or even killed by the negativity that can assault us in myriad of ways?

52nd World Day of Peace

Readings of the Day
RB: Prologue 1-7
Mass: Nb 6:22-27; Resp Ps 67; Ga 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 16 The Hours of the Work of God During the Day
Mass: Ep 1:15-23; Resp Ps 8; Lk 12:8-12


Everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God.

For all those recommended to our prayers:

Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:1-9 The Daily Manual Labor
Mass: Jr 7:1-11; Resp Ps 84; Mt 13:24-30


He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.(Communion Antiphon, Mass)

Readings of the day: RB 30 The Correction of Young ChildrenMass: Am 9:11-15; Resp Ps 85; Mt 9:14-17

Hail, Holy Mother, who gave birth to the King who rules heaven and earth forever.(Entrance Antiphon, Mass)

In honor of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, what follows is the text from a hymn we often