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First Sunday of Advent (A)

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The Unknown Day and Hour   Lectionary: 1 Reading 1 -  Isaiah 2:1-5 Responsorial Psalm -  Psalm 122: 1-9 Reading 2 -  Romans 13:11-14 Alleluia -  Cf. Psalm 85:8 Gospel -  Matthew 24:37-44 '... Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.' Introduction  As we gather on this First Sunday of Advent , we also mark the beginning of the Church’s new liturgical calendar and a four-week preparation period leading up to Christmas. The word Advent comes from either of two Latin words, which simply mean “to come” (Ad-venire) or “to arrive” (Ad-ventus), and as early as the fourth (4th) century, Christians have had this special time of preparation towards Christmas. Of course, Advent is not merely a countdown to Christmas; Even as we begin the material preparations for the social celebration of Christmas, the liturgical celebrations of these weeks invite us to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus. But what does the co...
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Cycle C)

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Sixth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 57 Reading 1 -  Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Responsorial Psalm -  Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Reading 2 -  Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 Alleluia -  John 14:23 Gospel -  John 14:23-29 During these last days of Eastertide before the Feat of the Ascension, we liturgically “re-live” the end of the forty-day period the Apostles spent with Jesus as he prepared them for his departure.  We have no direct record of Jesus’ teachings during this time, either in Acts or the Gospels.  So the Church turns to Jesus’ discourse in John during the Last Supper ... which suits very well, because in it, Jesus speaks extensively about His imminent departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit.  It is also a reminder that, as they later “remembered” what He had said, and what had been written about Him, and had been done to Him, the original inability of the disciples to understand the words and deeds of Jesus would be overcome … This “ remembering ” w...
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