December 12, 2010 – Third Sunday of Advent
John questions Jesus from prison in today’s Gospel – for his disciples’ sake and for ours.
He knows that Jesus is doing “the works of the Messiah,” foretold in today’s First Reading and Psalm. But John wants his disciples – and us – to know that the Judge is at the gate, that in Jesus our God has come to save us.
The Liturgy of Advent takes us out into the desert to see and hear the marvelous works and words of God – the lame leaping like a stag, the dead raised, the good news preached to the poor (see Isaiah 29:18-20; 61:1-2).
December 5th, 2010 – Second Sunday in Advent
Kingdom Come By Scott Hahn Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Romans 15:4-9 Matthew 3:1-12 [gplayer href=”http://www.salvationhistory.com/audio/homilyhelps/071209.mp3″ ] Scott Hahn – 2nd Sunday of Advent [/gplayer]; Scott Hahn – 2nd Sunday of Advent “The kingdom of heaven is at hand,” John proclaims. And the Liturgy today paints us a vivid portrait of our […]
November 28, 2010 – First Sunday in Advent
It is so easy to get caught up in our daily routine that our vision of anything beyond immediate concerns tends to be blurred.
Jesus calls us to a vision that includes not only purpose of our own lives but even the very end of the world.
November 21, 2010 – Solemnity of Christ the King
By naming Jesus “king”, we acknowledge him and his way of living as the wellspring of our goodness and salvation. We acknowledge our status as his “subjects,” called to relate to others as he did. We acknowledge our shared inheritance as the “holy ones” who receive life through him.
November 14, 2010 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
It is the age between our Lord’s first coming and His last. We live in the new world begun by His life, death, Resurrection and Ascension, by the sending of His Spirit upon the Church. But we await the day when He will come again in glory.