Month: December 2018

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Christ Candle of Hope Prayer” – EWTN

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God, our loving Father, You sent Your Son,
Jesus Christ, into this world to counter
all the forces of evil: sin, suffering and death,
and to overcome evil with the force of good;
hatred with the Power of Love,
Your Great Love for us in Jesus.

Help us never to curse the darkness,
but to join with you in bringing
Your Light into this world,
the light that is Your Son,
born of the Virgin Mary, in Bethlehem.
Help us to be instruments of Your Light
and love by doing one special act of kindness
or by being your special instrument
of reconciliation this New Year. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas – Mass at Dawn 12.25.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“When the Angels went away from them to heaven,the shepherds said … ‘Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing … which the Lord has made known to us.’ … they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. … they made known the message that had been told them about this Child. All who heard it were amazed …. Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. … the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God ….”

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas 12.25.18 – Heart of the Nation (Wisconsin)

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Catholic televised Mass for the Nativity of the Lord, Christmas, Dec. 25, 2018, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas – Mass During the Night 12.25.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“… Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with Child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her Child, and she gave birth to her firstborn Son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. … Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. … suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the Angel, praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the Highest
and on earth peace to those on whom His Favor rests.'”

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas 12.25.18 – Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.)

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Catholic televised Mass for the Nativity of the Lord, Christmas, Dec. 25, 2018, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas – At the Vigil Mass 12.25.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“… behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this Child has been Conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because He will save his people from their sins.’ All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’ When Joseph awoke, he did as the Angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named Him Jesus. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Midnight Mass Homily 2004 – Saint Pope John Paul II” – VaticanVa

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“… In the Son of the Virgin, ‘wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger’ (Lk 2:12), we acknowledge and adore ‘the Bread which came down from heaven’ (Jn 6:41, 51), the Redeemer who came among us in order to bring life to the world. [] Bethlehem! The city where Jesus was born in fulfilment of the Scriptures, in Hebrew means ‘house of bread.’ It was there that the Messiah was to be born, the One who would say of Himself: ‘I AM the Bread of Life’ (Jn 6:35, 48). In Bethehem was born the One who, under the sign of broken bread, would leave us the memorial of his Pasch. On this Holy Night, adoration of the Child Jesus becomes Eucharistic adoration. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Monday in Fourth Week of Advent – Mass in the Morning 12.24.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“… ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel … He has come to His People and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty Savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through His Prophets He promised of old that He would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show Mercy to our fathers and to remember His Holy Covenant. ,,,”

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Monday in Fourth Week of Advent – Mass in the Morning 12.24.18 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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Catholic televised Mass for Monday in Fourth Week of Advent, Mass in the Morning, Dec. 24, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “A Summary of Our Salvation – A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope

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” … Let’s see what the Lord and the Church have to teach us. … I. Our Humility … II. Our Hardship … III. Our Head … IV. Our Healing … Jesus initiated … a process whereby His Truth and Grace would be proclaimed and those who accepted these gifts would be able to come to greater and more lasting peace. This peace must begin in the heart and mind of every individual believer who, by the grace of Jesus Christ, experiences an inner healing of the many conflicts and destructive drives caused by sin. Then, by drawing others to that same healing through evangelization to a life-changing, transformative relationship with Jesus Christ, this peace is meant to spread throughout the world. This will put an end to division, bring together the children of God, and show forth God’s greatness, truth, and salvation to the ends of the earth. He is our peace. Jesus is our healing. …”

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