Christ the King: 2 Sam 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43

Christ the King: 2 Sam 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43

The Christmas story, as presented in the Scriptures, holds treasured memories reaching back to our earliest childhood. The Jubilee Year of Mercy enriches these memories with an added poignancy. We shall begin Christmas midnight Mass with the words of the Prophet Isaiah: “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on those

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Micah 5:1-4; Heb 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-44 (Year C)

“Coming home” is a beautiful description of the heart’s complex longing. It reaches beyond the limitations of location to embrace an unarticulated desire to be at peace with ourselves, to be at peace with those we love and, above all, to be at peace with God. To have achieved such peace is, in the deepest

First Sunday of Advent: Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk 21:25-28 (Year C )

The 29th Sunday of the Year Is 53:10-11; Heb 4:4-16; Mk 10:35-45 (Year B)

The 28th Sunday of the Year Wis 7:7-11; Heb 4:12-13; Mk 10:17-27 (Year B)

The 24th Sunday of the Year is 50:5-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 (Year B)

The Twenty-third Sunday of the Year Isaiah 35:4-7; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37 (year b)

Twenty-second Sunday of the Year, Deuteronomy 4:1-2 & 6-8; James 1:17-18 & 21-22; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15 & 21-23

The Sixteenth Sunday of the Year