by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jesus said … ‘A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, “Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.” The son said in reply, “I will not,” but afterwards he changed his mind and went. …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 11, 2016, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“When John the Baptist heard in prison of the works of the #Christ,
he sent his disciples to #Jesus with this question,
‘Are you the one who is to come,
or should we look for another?’
Jesus said to them in reply,
‘Go and tell John what you hear and see:
the blind regain their sight,
the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear,
the dead are raised,
and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.’ …
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Solemnity of the #ImmaculateConception, Dec. 8, 2016, from “Heart of the Nation” in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]
#Catholic #TV #Mass for Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent, Dec. 6, 2016, from Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“… ‘… 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]