Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 12th December, 2023 Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Optional memorials of Our Lady of Guadalupe andSt Finnian of ClonardIsaiah the prophet utters encouraging words to the formally enslaved Jewish nations that they were liberated. God was about to lead his people away and Isaiah and John’s call for a suitable road for God to travel on. FIRST READING …
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 11th December, 2023 Monday of the Second Week of AdventOptional Memorial of St Damasus I, pope Jesus and his works are at the core of Isaiah’s poetic vision of God’s saving love. FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 35:1-10God himself is coming to save you. Let the wilderness and…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 10th December, 2023 Second Sunday of Advent, Year B St John the Baptist calls to us to straighten out our lives, to lower the mountains of pride so that God’s grace can lead us to do what he wants with us. There is no place for our selfishness and pride in the Lord’s’s new…
Liturgical Readings for : Saturday, 9th December, 2023 Saturday of the First week of AdventOptional Memorial of St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, (” talking eagle”), visionary at Guadalupe God, our Father, hears the cries of his needy people and feels compassionfor those who have lost their way. FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah …
Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 8th December, 2023 08-12 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, SolemnityThis feast celebrates Mary as a person of singular grace was preserved free of original sinin view of the merits of Jesus, her son and Saviour. FIRST READING A reading from the book of Genesis 3:9-15. 20 I will…
Liturgical Readings for : Thursday, 7th December, 2023 Thursday of the First week of Advent It is the upright nation, those who hear and do the will of God that will enter the kingdom.Memorial of St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the church FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 26:1-6Let…
Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 6th December, 2023 Wednesday of the First Week of Advent(The optional memorial feast today (Dec 6th) is of St Nicholas, 4th Century bishop of Myra, (modern Turkey).Patron of Russia, sailors, pawnbrokers and children . FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 25:6-10The Lord invites us to his banquet…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 5th December, 2023 Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Today we hear about the Spirit of God ‘resting’ in Jesus and motivating him to fulfil his destiny to usher in a kingdom of peace and gratitude. ************************************FIRST READINGA reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 11:1-10On him the spirit of…
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 4th December, 2023 Monday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah is the great 8th Century B.C. prophet of the coming Messiah.The Advent daily readings regularly reflect his texts. Optional Memorial of St John Damascene, priest and doctor of the church FIRST READING A reading from the…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 3rd December, 2023 *****************Beginning Advent 2023-24 ****************** Third December 2023 First Sunday of Advent Year B The God who comes is a loving Father; we are the work of his hands. Our hope in Christ will strengthen us to await steady and without blame the day of his coming. We are warned against complacency, taking God’s…
