FAITHLINK CNA: “Papal Advent advice: Don’t be dominated by material things”

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“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.’ …”

VIDEO: Catholic TV Mass: Monday of the 1st Week of Advent

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Catholic Mass for Monday of the First Week of Advent, from the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]

FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Monday of the 1st Week of Advent 11.28.16 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… 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: First Sunday of Advent 11.27.16 – Basilica in Washington, D.C.

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Catholic Mass for the First Sunday of Advent, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.  [Click here for Mass Readings.]

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