Zephaniah 3:14-18a Thanks be to God, judgment is lifted! We who were once guilty are now celebrated.
Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 People of unclean lips take courage in God's desire to rescue them.
Philippians 4:4-7 God is near! Be at peace and ask for what you need.
Luke 3:10-18 John doesn't only baptize. He gives out spiritual direction and practical advice.
Jubilee 2025 officially begins the day after Christmas. Be sure to plan and post the special ways your parish will be commemorating the Jubilee theme, "Pilgrims of Hope."
On this Sunday we are asked to continue our Advent preparation, and to do so with a sense of joy.
Some of us don’t do well with imperatives. Maybe it’s the rugged individualist streak in Americans that makes us resist being compelled.
I work for an organization that is affiliated with a religious order of men and women who serve the poor around the world.
"Have no anxiety at all,” Saint Paul tells us in today’s reading. Sorry Paul, but at Christmastime, your plea falls on deaf ears.
To open ourselves to God’s joy and peace and prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.
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