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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...
Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving!
Readings for Thanksgiving Day: Reading 1SIR 50:22-24 And now, bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth; Who fosters people’s growth from their mother’s womb, and fashions them according to his will! May he grant you joy of heart and may peace abide...
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Solemnity of Christ the King!
Hope everyone has enjoyed the Last Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Christ the King! Christ King of the Universe, what a way to end Ordinary Time and Start the Advent Season! Readings for Christ the King: Reading 12 SM 5:1-3 In those days, all the tribes of...
Happy 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time!
Wow Ordinary Time is speeding along! The last Sunday in November will be the 1st Sunday of Advent! What do you do with your family to celebrate the Advent Season? With the children in the home we make our Advent candles with sheets of beeswax that we purchase from...
Happy All Saints Day!
1st Reading and Gospel for All Saints: Reading 1RV 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, “Do not damage the...
Happy 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time!
Today is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time! It is also the feast day of Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents or St. Therese the Little Flower. The 1st couple canonized together! Gospel for today: GospelLK 16:19-31 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich...
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I am enjoying the posts of those who are at WYD, on their way to WYD! Maybe one of these times I will go to my 3rd WYD! The 1st Reading and Gospel for this Sunday: Reading 1GN 18:20-32 In those days, the LORD said: "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great,...