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Happy 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time & Catholic Schools Week!
Happy Catholic Schools week! What a legacy of Education the Catholic Church has! We have had some key Saints in this month of January, who have been very instrumental in getting Catholic Education going in more then one continent, such as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton,...
Happy 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time!
Here is the Gospel for today: GospelMT 4:12-23 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet...
Happy Epiphany!
We 3 kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we travel so far! The children in our home receive their last gift on Epiphany as well as hear the account of Epiphany from the Bible! We sing We 3 kings and the 12 Days of Christmas. It helps make it concrete that Christmas...
Happy and Blessed New Year, Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God and 8th Day of Christmas!
Happy and Blessed New Year! This is also the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God and the 8th Day of Christmas! All on a Sunday too! 1st Reading and Gospel for today: Reading 1NM 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses: "Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you...
4th Week of Advent and O Antiphons!
It is the 4th Sunday of Advent already and it lasts a whole week! We also started the O Antiphons on Saturday! Today's 1st Reading and Gospel: Reading 1IS 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the...
3rd Week of Advent
t's Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday! Light the third (rose-colored) candle on your Advent wreath. On Gaudete Sunday, the season of Advent shifts its focus. For the first two weeks of Advent, the focus can be summed up in the phrase, "The Lord is coming." But beginning with...
Happy 2nd Sunday of Advent!
1st Reading and Gospel for the 2nd Sunday of Advent: Reading 1IS 11:1-10 On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of...
1st Week of Advent!
We have now entered the Season of Advent! The 4 weeks of preparing for the Birth of Jesus! This year Christmas falls on a Sunday, so we get a full 4 weeks to prepare our hearts for the birth of Jesus! The 1st Reading and Gospel for today: Reading 1IS 2:1-5 This is...