Thursday of the Second Week of Advent The privileges of the Kingdom  Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.  From the… Read More »ENFL010

Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent The prayer of the heart “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart;… Read More »ENFL009

Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent God and the man in the Bible  What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of… Read More »ENFL008

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Immaculate Conception In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the… Read More »ENSM038

Second Sunday of Advent The spirit of the Advent  In the fifteenth year of the empire of Cesar Tiberius, while Pontious Pilate was the governor of the Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee and Philip, his brother, tetrarch of the Iturea and of the Traconitides and… Read More »ENFS128

Saturday of the First Week of Advent The strategy of Jesus  At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is… Read More »ENFL006

Friday of the First Week of Advent The first heralds of the gospel And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed (him), crying out, “Son of David,  have pity on us!” When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and… Read More »ENFL005

Thursday of the First Week of Advent To be really converted  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. “Everyone who listens to these words of… Read More »ENFL004

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent In the desert we share  Moving on from there Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Great crowds came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the… Read More »ENFL003

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent God dwells in the man  At that very moment he rejoiced (in) the holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and… Read More »ENFL002