This year, we read Luke’s account of Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth twice in succession.  We read the account as the gospel reading for the fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C).  But it is also …

The fourth Sunday of Advent Year C gives us the picture of Mary visiting Elizabeth.  The Church is like Mary, bringing Christ to those who await Him.  Below is a mindmap that relates the …

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the LORD, for he stirs in his Holy Dwelling. (Zech. 2:13)
uke begins his account of the …

“Joseph was a just man” writes Matthew.  And he was.  The word dikaoiv which we translate into English as "just" is also the rendering for a Hebrew word qydu which means "devotee, pious," and …

Videos of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Part I (see the bottom of the page, on the left)
Part II
Part III

Our Lady of Guadalupe on the Web

Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine
Wikipedia: Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Reading I: Isaiah 48:17-19
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:16-19

In Matthew 11:16-19 Jesus compares the towns where he has been preaching to children playing in the marketplace: they won’t respond to …

Reading I: Isaiah 41:13-20
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 145:1.9, 10-11, 12-13
Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:11-15

It is to be noted that in verses 7-19, the Baptist is contrasted first with the courtiers of King Herod (reed swaying in …

Reading I: Isaiah 40:25-31
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2.3-4.8, 10
Gospel Reading: Mt. 11:28-30

 
He gives strength to the fainting; for the weak he makes vigor abound. Though young men faint and grow …

Reading I: Gen. 3:9-15.20
Resp. Psalm:  Ps. 98:1.2-3.3-4
Reading II:  Ephesians 1:3-6.11-12
Gospel Reading:  Luke 1:26-38

To Bernadette Soubiros, Our Lady introduced herself by saying “I am the Immaculate Conception.”  The peasant girl could not have known that nearly …

Reading I: Isaiah 35:1-10
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 85:9-10.11-12.13-14
Gospel Reading: Luke 5:17-26

 
Isaiah 35:1-10 is an oracle about the New Exodus.  First the desert in jubilation is presented bedecked with trees and flowers. The amazing sight however …