Catholic TV Mass: Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Wednesday 11.30.16 – Catholic TV/Archdiocese of Boston
Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, from Catholic TV and the Archdiocese of Boston.
by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, from Catholic TV and the Archdiocese of Boston.
“As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
‘Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’
At once they left their nets and followed Him. …”
Catholic TV Mass for Tuesday of the First Week of #Advent, Nov. 29, 2016, from Catholic TV and the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings from the USCCB/NABRV]
“Advent is a season of very special graces! It is time of waiting, hope and joy. Waiting—for the Birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Hope—because Jesus came to save us; finally Joy — because Jesus’ birth, Life and Resurrection is a promise of Eternal Life for those who obey His Commandments and love Him. …”
“#Jesus 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 the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been Your Gracious Will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is except the Father,
and who the Father is except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.’ …”
“Pope Francis marked the beginning of the new liturgical year at the Angelus for the First Sunday of Advent. … the Gospel introduces us to one of the most ‘evocative’ themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out three visits of the Lord: the first … the Incarnation, and Birth of Jesus at Christmas; the second, in the present, as Jesus visits us continually, every day; and the final visit, in the future, when Jesus ‘will come again in Glory to judge the living and the dead.’ * * * … During Advent … ‘we are called to enlarge the horizons of our hearts, to be surprised by the life that is presented each day with its newness. In order to do this we need to learn to not depend on our own securities, our own established plans, because the Lord comes in the hour which we don’t imagine.'”
“The season of Advent is a reminder to us to open our horizons and have concern for more than just material things, the Pope said Sunday during his Angelus address. Advent is an invitation ‘to sobriety, to not be dominated by the things of this world, to material reality, but rather to govern them,’ Pope Francis said Nov. 27 in St. Peter’s Square. ‘If, on the contrary, we are conditioned and overpowered by them, it is not possible to perceive that which is much more important: our final encounter with the Lord: and this is important. That, that encounter.’ …”
Catholic Mass for Monday of the First Week of Advent, from the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… The centurion said in reply, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have You enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, “Go,” and he goes; and to another, “Come here,” and he comes; and to my slave, “Do this,” and he does it.’ When #Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, ‘Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. ….'”
Catholic TV Mass for the First Sunday of Advent, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]