by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… ‘… 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 the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.'”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for Monday of the Second Week of Advent, Dec. 5, 2016, from Catholic TV and the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, ‘What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Rise and walk”? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sin’– he said to the one who was paralyzed, ‘I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.’ …”
“It is obvious to any reader that John did not just preach but that he administered a baptism of repentance. However, he could not give a baptism that remits sins since the remission of sins is only granted to us with the baptism of Christ. That is why the evangelist says that he was ‘proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,’ (Lk 3,3); being unable himself to give the baptism that forgives sins, he announced that which was to come. Just as the word of his preaching was the forerunner of the Word of the Father made flesh, so his baptism… preceded that of the Saviour, as shadow to the truth (cf Col 2,17). …”
Catholic TV Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 4, 2016, from “Heart of the Nation” in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“The Second Sunday of Advent usually features the ministry of St. John the Baptist. He was the prophet who fulfilled the Office of Elijah, of whom it was said, See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction (Mal 4:4-6). …”
“‘The Kingdom of God is at hand and is indeed in the middle of us, this is the central message of all Christian mission.’ Those were the words of Pope Francis during his Angelus address in St Peter’s Square on the Second Sunday of Advent. …”
“A pastor in Cuba has stood firm against the Cuban government, refusing to suspend Masses during the nation’s nine-day period of mourning for Cuban despot Fidel Castro, who died November 25. …”
“Veni, Veni Emmanuel” sung by the choir at Wyoming #Catholic College.
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Second Sunday of #Advent, Dec. 4, 2016, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]