Second Sunday of Advent

In today’s Gospel we find the first mention of John the Baptist in the Bible. This is also the first time we hear of him in Advent. We will turn to him often throughout this Season, for he is the divinely appointed messenger sent to prepare the way for the coming of...

First Sunday of Advent

A blessed new Liturgical Year to all! Today we begin a new Year with the Season of Advent. New beginnings, especially in our journey of faith, offer something exciting and hopeful, a chance to renew and to start over. We enter into Year A, so our Sunday Gospels will...

Seasonal Introduction to Advent

Each Advent we are given the opportunity to begin anew and to enter a deeper place of interior awareness. We not only continue to await the Second Coming of the Lord, but we look forward to celebrating again the birth of the Babe in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago!...

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

The world strives and struggles to build many structures and make many improvements. However, anything that is not done in God and for God cannot last. All that is of earth will finally come to an end. Only God and his will and all who are in his will can remain...