Liturgical Bible Study – 1st Sunday of Advent
Reading 1 Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are named forever. Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. Oh, that you would rend […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Wis 6:12-16 Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire; Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed, for he shall find her sitting by his […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10 A great King am I, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations. And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen, if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD […]
December 19, 2010 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
God Is With Us By Scott Hahn Readings (click here): Isaiah 7:10-14 Psalm 24:1-6 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-24 [gplayer href=”http://www.salvationhistory.com/audio/homilyhelps/071223.mp3″]Scott Hahn – 4th Sunday of Advent [/gplayer]Download audio here. The mystery kept secret for long ages, promised through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, is today revealed (see Romans 16:25-26). This is the “Gospel of […]
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).