3rd Sunday of Advent Isa 35:1-6,10Jas 5:7-10Mt 11:2-11 They will come to Zion shouting for joy, everlasting joy on their faces. We are now in the mid-point of Advent and steeped fully in the season of waiting. This practice of waiting hardly comes easy to most of us -- certainly not me. As I ponder... Continue Reading →
28 November, Thursday — Remember to sing
Thursday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Apo 18:1-2,21-23,19:1-3,9Lk 21:20-28 Serve the Lord with gladness, come before him, singing for joy. Two years ago, I started living with a family who had a live-in helper. I needed help with something, so I went around looking for her. I heard her first before I saw her.... Continue Reading →
25 December, Monday — Christmas Joy
Christmas Day -- Mass at Dawn Isa 62:11-12Tit 3:4-7Lk2:15-20 And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen… There is a very popular Christmas song that was written by Edward Pola and George Wyle, and which we often hear in the malls and cafes during the Christmas season.... Continue Reading →
21 December, Wednesday — True Joy
21 Dec – Memorial for St Peter Canisius St. Peter Canisius (1521–1597) was the son of Jacob Canisius, a wealthy burgomeister, and Ægidia van Houweningen, who died shortly after Peter’s birth. He was educated in Cologne, Germany, where he studied art, civil law, and theology. He received a master’s degree by age 19. His closest... Continue Reading →
11 December, Sunday — Joy
3rd Sunday of Advent Isa 35:1-6,10Jas 5:7-10Mt 11:2-11 "... yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is." Blessed New Year! As we begin the new liturgical year, how wonderful it is to be reminded that we all should be filled with Hope, Peace, Joy & Love as we await the... Continue Reading →
5 December, Monday — A Spirit of Joy
Monday of 2nd Week of Advent Isa 35:1-10Lk 5:17-26 They will come to Zion shouting for joy… I was taking the subway recently and noticed the faces of the commuters. I could count only two or three smiling faces and they all came from the younger children. They were all playing with each other and... Continue Reading →
22 August, Monday — Mary, our role model
Aug 22 – Our Lady, Mother and Queen Whoever, therefore, reverences the Queen of heaven and earth – and let no one consider himself exempt from this tribute of a grateful and loving soul – let him invoke the most effective of Queens, the Mediatrix of Peace; let him respect and preserve peace, which is... Continue Reading →
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