Called to be Active Participants Today we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. With this feast we conclude the Christmastide. What could this feast mean for us? To answer this question, first we need to ask ourselves another question: what did this event mean for Jesus Himself? Why was Jesus Baptized? This
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ENCOUNTERING JESUS The Gifts Gold, frankincense and myrrh may be thought of as prophesying Jesus’ future. Gold was a gift for kings; frankincense (an ancient air purifier and perfume) was offered to God in Temple worship (Ex. 30:37); and myrrh (an oriental remedy for intestinal worms in infants) was used by the High Priest as
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MARY MOTHER OF GOD Let us as we begin this Eucharist that is, THANKSGIVING, by bringing to our mind the many things we would like to thank the Good Lord that we received in 2021. To prepare ourselves to enter into another year let us ask the Lord to forgive our sins. Today we celebrate
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GOD IS WITH US Introduction: We have come today to celebrate “God is with us” (Emmanuel). For the past four weeks we have been preparing ourselves spiritually to welcome Jesus in our lives, just as God from all eternity has been longing to be with Us always. He comes in haste to meet us, let
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THE LORD IS NEAR We have arrived at the final Sunday of Advent. As it is always, some of us have come to this day prepared and ready; some of us have come in disarray and a near state of panic. We have tried to be spiritually prepared for Christmas. We lit the Advent wreath
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JOYFUL WAITING INTRODUCTION We are at the half way mark in our preparation to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is good to look into our lives and check out what has been our progress and preparation to receive Jesus this Christmas. Advent is a joyful expectation for the coming of our Lord Jesus
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Prepare the Way of the Lord! Bar 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6 As we enter deeper into Advent the call is to keep hoping in the Lord and believing that God will come and change our lives. What prevents us from discovering and finding God is often our refusal to look beyond the present
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TAKE HEED AND BE PREPARED! Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thes 3:12–4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36; As the year comes to an end we are beginning a new season, the season of Advent. Advent is a season of hope, a season of renewal. It is not a penitential season like Lent but a season of expectation and waiting.
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ECHARISTIC ADORATION CHRIST THE KING SOLEMNITY Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O SALUTARIS The King of kings is here among us. Let us pay our deepest adoration and love to Him. The One who has made us not just brothers and sisters, not just prince and princess, but made us heir of the Kingdom of
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The Last Days of Hope Year B (Mk 13:24-32) Everything comes to an end Since the age of 10, I have been in boarding schools. One of the exciting times in such schools is towards the end of term when there would be an opportunity to return home. There would be that mathematical genius whose
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