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Baptism of the Lord and the Beginning of His Ministry
‘This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased’ (Mt. 3:17). ⧾
Today’s Feast of the Lord’s Baptism brings to a completion our celebration of the Feast of Christmas and the Epiphany...
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Epiphany: Kneeling Humbly Before our God
On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
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Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman…so that we might receive adoption as sons (Gal.4:4).⧾
On this the last day of the Christmas Octave and the first...
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A Christmas Meditation for the Year of Our Lord 2025
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Jn. 1:1)
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
As we celebrate Christmas, these words from the prologue of the Gospel of St. John invite...
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Fourth Sunday: Ite Ad Joseph
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home (Mt. 1:24).
On this fourth and last Sunday of Advent, the Sacred Liturgy invites...
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Gaudete Sunday: The Baptist’s Joyful Humility
‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he’ (Mt. 11:11).
Today is Gaudete...
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First Sunday of Advent: Let us Go to the House of the Lord
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Lk. 21: 36).
The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year. In the cycle...
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Christ the King, and the Promise of Eternal Life
‘Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise’ (Lk. 23:43).
From the moment that Our Lord spoke these words, the Church has lived in this present time frame. Although the chronology...
