J.M.J. To me, Christmas last year feels as if it happened just ‘yesterday.’ I’m not sure if you share the same feeling that 2020 passed by in the blink of an eye. The whole world seemed to have rushed from start to the end of the year somewhat emptily because …
To Christ our Lord, who humbled himself for our sake, we joyfully say: Come, Lord Jesus! Lord Jesus, by your coming you rescued the world from sin, — cleanse our souls and bodies from guilt. Come, Lord Jesus! By the mystery of your incarnation we are made your brothers and …
First Reading – Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the …
First Reading – Isaiah 52:7-10 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your God is King!” Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry, together they shout for joy, for they see directly, before …
At the birth of Jesus, angels proclaimed peace to the world. We worship him now with joy, and we pray with hearts full of faith: May your birth bring peace to all. Lord, fill your holy people with whatever good they need, — let the mystery of your birth be …
Christ Jesus emptied himself and took the form of a slave. He was tested like us in all things and did not sin. Now let us worship him and pray to him with deep faith: By the power of your birth, comfort those who are saved. You came into the …
First Reading – 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God …
To our Redeemer who came to bring good news to the poor, let us earnestly pray: Let all men see your glory. Show yourself to those who have never known you, — let them see your saving work. Let all men see your glory. Let your name be preached to …
First Reading – Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says …
First Reading – 1 Samuel 1:24-28 In those days, Hannah brought Samuel with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and presented him at the temple of the LORD in Shiloh. After the boy’s father had sacrificed the young bull, Hannah, his …
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