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Sunday, December 24, 2024

Stained Glass Panel with the Visitation, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2 Samuel 7:1-16    Psalm 89:1-4, 19-29    Luke 1: 67-79 The waiting is almost over, and on Christmas Eve as we celebrate midnight Mass,

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Monday, December 23, 2024

Malachi 3:1-5 Psalm 25:1-14   Luke 1:57-66 The birth of John the Baptist born to Zechariah and Elizabeth in their old age, reminds me of Abraham and Sarah in their old age giving birth to

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Stained Glass Panel with the Visitation, Metropolitan Museum of Art Zephaniah 3:14-18a    Psalm 33:1-5, 20-22    Luke 1:39-45 We have journeyed through Advent to this day. Tomorrow is the fourth Sunday of Advent. In

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Friday, December 20, 2024

Isaiah 7:10-14       Psalm 24       Luke 1:26-28 This year’s theme, ‘Waiting in Silence’, is reflected well in the readings for this day. Although it is not connected specifically with Christmas

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Judges 13:2-7, 24-25       Psalm 71:1-8     Luke 1:5-25 We move along in our celebration of Advent – a rejoicing and remembering of God’s coming in human form to our world. It

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Wednesday December 18, 2024

Jeremiah 23: 5-8      Psalm 72: 11-19   Matthew 1:18-25 During Advent, we wait in a milieu of timeless silence, the womb of ancient, yet ever present wisdom of realized Hope, breathing life into

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

                          Genesis 49:2, 8-10 Psalm 72:1-8 Matthew 1:1-7, 17 Today’s reading is about genealogy, the quest to understand ourselves through our ancestry.  My

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