1st Reading Isaiah 52:7-10 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 97 2nd Reading Hebrews 1:1-6 Gospel John 1:1-18 Let us walk in the light “Alleluia, alleluia on Christmas Day!” After walking the Advent journey together with the people of Myanmar, where we have become aware of their reality that touches our hearts and gestated the need to commit ourselves to accompany them. Together…
1st Reading Isaiah 7:10 – 14 Responsorial Psalm Psalms 23 2nd Reading Romans 1-10 Alleluia Psalms 85:8 Gospel Matthew 1:18-24 Advent is a liturgical season that calls us to Christian hope, trusting in the promise of the Most High to come to us soon to bring us salvation. But how difficult it is to preach about hope to the people…
1st Reading Environmental Protection “Do not trust in princes, beings of dust that cannot save; they breathe out the spirit and return to dust, on that day their plans perish” (Psalm 145).The words of the psalmist are as forceful as they come. All the more reason why they resonate in the hearts of so many millions of innocent people subjected…
1st Reading Isaiah 11:1-10 Promises, promises, promises! Isaiah’s vision of the peaceable kingdom is a veritable litany of promises. Impossible things will happen to those who are faithful, to those who believe. What are we to make of these glorious promises when our brothers and sisters in Myanmar are mired in suffering? Their agony challenges the imagination of those of…
1st Reading Isaiah 2:1-5 Responsorial Psalm Psalms 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 2nd Reading Romans 13:11-14 Alleluia Psalms 85:8 Gospel Matthew 24:37-44 The four weeks of Advent constitute a season of expectant waiting and preparation for the nativity of Christ and his return in the Second Coming. Waiting is a sign of hope. Hope for healing to a broken…