Second Sunday of Ordinary TimeLectionary: 65 -1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19-Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10-1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20-Jn 1:35-42 Christmas has come to an end, with its light, celebration, and joy. After the preparatory season of Advent...
Read MoreDecember 20, 2020 2 SM 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 PS 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 ROM 16:25-27 LK 1:26-38 We are nearing the end of the Advent season, and our readings for this Fourth Sunday of Advent turn our attention toward the great feast...
Read More(The Guadalupe Shrine from the Valley Missionary Program in Coachella, California. Photo by Maria C. Morrow) During this Advent season, we are reminded that our God comes to us in the Incarnation, becoming known to us in the...
Read MoreSecond Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020 IS 40:1-5, 9-11 PS 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14 2 PT 3:8-14 MK 1:1-8 In the past eight months, many of us have encountered difficulty that we never imagined we would confront. Life in the midst...
Read MoreThe 1960s brought many changes to American Catholicism. One change that often goes unnoticed is the dropping of the obligatory meat abstinence on all Fridays throughout the year. In the estimation of legendary sociologist Andrew...
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