Category Archives: Advent
Fourth Sunday of Advent – B
Readings: 2 Sam 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38 “BEHOLD, I AM THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD. MAY IT BE DONE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.” A Persian legend runs that a certain … Continue reading
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Third Sunday of Advent – B
Readings: Is 61:1-2, 10-11; Lk 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 “REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE! INDEED, THE LORD IS NEAR.” There is joy in retrospect, as we look at the past; there … Continue reading
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Second Sunday of Advent – B
Readings: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 “PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE STRAIGHT HIS PATHS.” Once, when a conference of ministers was held in a certain town, a certain old preacher had sat quietly … Continue reading
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Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings: Gen 3:9-15, 20; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 “HAIL, FULL OF GRACE!” On June 22nd 1998, the Church of Corpus Christi in Moyross in Limerick was destroyed by fire causing an estimated £250,000 worth of damage. At first it … Continue reading
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First Sunday of Advent – B
Readings: Is 63: 16-17. 19b; 64: 2-7/ Ps 80: 2-3. 15-16. 18-19/ 1 Cor 1: 3-9/ Mk 13: 33-37 “BE WATCHFUL, BE ALERT! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE TIME WILL COME.” Today is the First Sunday of Advent … Continue reading
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