You will conceive in your womb and bear a son.

4TH WEEK OF ADVENT You will conceive in your womb and bear a son. It was a day probably like any other day, more than two thousand years ago, when an angel appeared to Mary and announced the coming of the Messiah. The people of God had been waiting a very long time,...

You will have joy and gladness.

4TH WEEK OF ADVENT You will have joy and gladness.  Zechariah had spent so many years praying for a child that he had become accustomed to God’s silence. It’s no wonder, then, that he was terrified when God finally answered! And what a set of questions this answer...

Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.

3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.  In the Old Testament, a genealogy was normally traced through the male members of a family. Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus in today’s Gospel is no exception. But along with all the men from Abraham to...

Blessed is the man who . . . keeps the sabbath.

3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Blessed is the man who . . . keeps the sabbath. If someone tells you something that could benefit you, you should pay attention, right? And if they say it twice, it’s probably pretty important. Well, in today’s first reading, the Lord twice tells us...

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