Category Archives: Advent 2021

Dec 24 2021

Jesus is Born!

Click here for daily readings In preparing for Christmas in Italy, a family will assemble an intricate, detailed Nativity Scene called a presepe. This custom was started by our beloved St. Francis of Assisi on Chris...

Dec 23 2021

Walking With Zechariah Through His Personal Advent

Click here for daily readings We are two days away from Christmas. Are you getting antsy for the arrival of Jesus, for visits with family and opening presents? I am, but I’m trying to slow down and savor this litur...

Dec 22 2021

Translations

Click here for daily readings People are often surprised to find out just how many translations of the Bible there are. It is hard to find a definitive count and the numbers found online vary. According to one source, the...

Dec 21 2021

Ark of the New Covenant

Click here for daily readings St. Luke weaves together Old Testament typology with New Testament truth throughout his Gospel; this is breathtakingly evident today as we see Mary held up as the Ark of the New Covenant. Th...

Dec 20 2021

Mary’s Yes and My Yes

Click here for daily readings In five days we will be celebrating Christmas and even in these final days of Advent many are already attending Christmas parties and rejoicing with the “joy of the season.” Once ...

Dec 19 2021

Blessed Are You Who Believed

Click here for daily readings And the course of salvation history changed with our Mother’s simple, Yes to God. With time holding no boundaries between her and her Son, Mary exemplifies Thy Will Be Done. A young pe...

Dec 18 2021

Jesus, Sun of Justice

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are full of hope and promise, as is fitting for the Third Week of Advent. In the First Reading, the prophet Jeremiah promises a king who will “reign and gov...

Dec 17 2021

The Wisdom of God

Click here for daily readings O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge! I never knew my maternal grandfather; he died a year and a half before I was born....

Dec 16 2021

Hope Restored

Click here for daily readings The First Reading has one of my favorite passages, seen time and time again throughout the Bible: “My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who h...

Dec 15 2021

Share What You Have Seen

Click here for daily readings “Go and tell John what you have seen.” In this Gospel Reading, Jesus reveals His true identity to the two followers of John the Baptist by saying, “Go and tell John what yo...

Dec 14 2021

Hope in Difficulties

Click here for daily readings Ten years ago today my Dad died. My Mom has been lost in the darkness without him as a guiding light after their amazing 50 year journey together as husband and wife. She has been forced to m...

Dec 13 2021

God’s Light is Our Guide

Click here for daily readings It has been so fun doing “girly things” with the new baby. Family and friends love to give her cute outfits, bows for her hair and pink toys. One of her newest additions is a soft...

Dec 12 2021

Declutter Your Troubled Heart

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, the crowds ask John the Baptist, “What then should we do?” In reply, he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; an...

Dec 11 2021

Great Expectations

Click here for daily readings One way to discover where God is working in your heart is to notice themes happening around you. Often, we think of these as coincidences. This has been happening to me recently. God keeps br...

Dec 10 2021

Divine Teacher

Click here for daily readings What do you think of when you hear the word teacher? Do memories rush forward of some great role models in your life who propelled you on the path to success? Maybe you had a negative experi...

Dec 09 2021

When Fear Takes Hold, Turn to the Lord

Click here for daily readings Fear is something that seems to come a little too naturally to me. Fear of failure. Fear of the unknown. Fear of being alone. Fear of loss. In this season of Advent, we are so focused on prep...

Dec 08 2021

Our Fiat to God

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, as we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we are reminded of Mary’s obedience to God. After the Angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her she wou...

Dec 07 2021

Sheep on Shoulders

Click here for daily readings In today’s parable, Jesus holds up a gentle image of the love of God for each one of us. A love so great that it leaves the 99 who seem to be holding their own in order to go in search...

Dec 06 2021

Christ is Lord

Click here for daily reading The Pharisees react understandably to Jesus in our Gospel. As He is teaching, Jesus sees a man being brought down through the roof on a stretcher, and He immediately forgives his sins. It must...

Dec 05 2021

Acting Human

Click here for daily readings Before we know how to act we must first know who we are. This is a basic philosophical tenet that shaped the thought of great minds such as St. John Paul II. If we look at the world today I ...