https://youtu.be/k7cg5bJNKgY In the church calendar from December 17th to the morning Mass for Christmas Eve, each day has its own special prayers. So today we are celebrating Advent for the 21st of December, and the O Antiphon that is proper for today is O Radiant Dawn. Let us pray. Hear in kindness, O Lord, the […]
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
https://youtu.be/i1rWcEjOp_g Today the church celebrates The Fourth and Final Sunday of Advent. Let us pray. Pour forth we beseech you, O Lord, Your grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Christ Your Son was made known by the message of an angel, made by His passion and cross, be brought to […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint John of the Cross
https://youtu.be/kHofgaS6pEg Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint John of the Cross. John was born in Spain in the 16th century and was known as a mystic and poet. He was a friend an ally of Saint Teresa of Jesus of Avila in founding the reformed or Discalced Carmelite Friars. Because of this, he […]
Continue ReadingThe Third Sunday of Advent
https://youtu.be/Pu_JcfFsUh4 Today the church celebrates the third Sunday of Advent. In the common parlance of our society, this would be the equivalent of ‘hump Sunday’ for the church during the season of Advent. In other words, we’re closer to the celebration of Christmas than we were when we began the season of Advent. To demonstrate […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
https://youtu.be/BIKLCdW4HJs Today the church celebrates The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mary does not appear to the Indian Juan Diego in a blue mantle of heavenly light, but in a peasant’s frock decorated with symbols of the Aztec culture. She is not a European beauty, but a woman of dark skin and Mestiza features. […]
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