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Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. 

At that time, after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised. His name was called Jesus, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 

The saving words of the Gospel.

In the name of the Father and the Son, the Holy Ghost, Amen. 

His name shall be called Jesus. For those of you who were at Mass yesterday, this gospel may sound familiar. I was given the opportunity to preach on both days on the shortest gospel in the liturgical year, two days in a row. So thank you. We have this beautiful feast of the […]

Transcription of Homily

At that time, after eight days were accomplished that the child should be circumcised. His name was called Jesus, which was called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. 

The saving words of the Gospel.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

His name is to be called Jesus.

We’re confronted with a number of testing periods in our life. And the Church has even marked these out for us. And we see this in Scripture, for example, the how 40 days or 40 years is always a period of testing. There were 40 days of the flood. Moses was in hiding in Hebron […]

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We might find these words predictable by now, we’ve heard them so many times. We perhaps are not shocked by the fact that that there’s a child to be found in a manger doesn’t really make much sense. I mean, what does a manger? We think of it is something like this; well, a manger is a feed box. So that’s the sign, there will be a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes in a feed box; in a feeding trough. So that’s a little out of the ordinary, something that is also pointing towards something else. 

When we take into account where this takes place, this takes place in Bethlehem, the city of David. Bethlehem, which […]

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In the Name of the Father and of the Son, the Holy Ghost, Amen.

Gaudete Sunday is the Sunday in which we are commanded by the Church to rejoice. That might sound like an odd command, saying to feel something. And it’s not said as a suggestion, it’s not presented as some sort of spiritual program to follow but were ordered to. And what does this mean? 

Well, we set aside, to a certain extent, our Advent austerities, with the understanding that we have been busying ourselves with Advent austerities, and are told to take a break, to gaudete in Domino semper to rejoice in the Lord always. Then what does this mean, […]

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Translation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. 

At that time: When John had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples he said to him: Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another? And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate, to John what you have heard and seen. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the Gospel preached to them: And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me. And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to […]

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Reading from the Epistle of blessed Paul, the Apostle to the Romans:

Brethren, it is now the hour for you to wake up from sleep. Because our salvation is closer than when we first accepted the Faith. The night is far gone, the day drawing near. Let us cast aside deeds of darkness, and put on the armor of light. Let us live honorably, as in daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual excess and lust, not in quarreling and jealously: instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke:

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: There will be signs in the sun, the […]