Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Isaiah 25:6-9Psalm 23Matthew 15:29-39 Today’s readings are seeds of hope. Ruben Alvez states “Hope is hearing the melody of the future”.  Isaiah prophesied that the veil of death will be swallowed up and the people.

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Tuesday November 30, 2021

Isaiah 11: 1-10Psalm 72: 1-8Luke 10: 21-24 As we continue to plod through the world pandemic, today’s readings, especially Isaiah, bring us fresh hope for the future, just as it comforted the Jews in ancient

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Monday, November 29, 2021

Isaiah 2:1-5Psalm 122Matthew 8:5-13 I love the Message translations of these readings and found myself highlighting the following: Come, let’s live in the light of the God (Isaiah) For the sake of the House of

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

  Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-91 Thessalonians 3:9-13Luke 21:25-36 In Jan Richardson’s book, Through the Advent Door: Entering a Contemplative Christmas (2011), she says, “Advent seems as much a place as a season.”  Accordingly, her text

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The Reign of Christ

By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14               Psalm 93 Revelation 1.4b – 8           John 18.33-37 The liturgical year is a curious thing. We progress predictably from Advent to Christmas to Epiphany to Lent to Easter to

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Peace Is The Way

by Sr. Elizabeth Ann, SSJD There is a story told about Martin on his way into Amiens meeting a beggar who was almost naked.  Martin cut his soldier’s cloak in half and gave it to

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The Greatness of a Lion

By Sister Constance Joanna, SSJD Philippians 2.1-13; Matthew 16.13-19 The Letter to the Philippians and the Gospel from Matthew both declare who Jesus is – in Philippians, God who came to earth in humility, emptying

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