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CATHOLIC HEADS-UP: Saturday, December 8 is a Holy Day of Obligation, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Requiring Mass Attendance, With Opportunities Starting Friday Evening With Vigil Mass

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The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8 is a Holy Day of Obligation, requiring Mass attendance, absent a valid excuse, with opportunities to participate in Mass starting with Vigil Masses the evening before. [Click here for Mass Readings for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.] Failure to keep

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saturday 12.8.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“The Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph … and the virgin’s name was Mary. … he said, ‘Hail, full of Grace! The Lord is with you. … Do not be afraid, Mary … you have found favor with God. … you will conceive in

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Friday 12.7.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, ‘Son of David, have pity on us!’ … He touched their eyes and said, ‘Let it be done for you according to your faith.’ …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Thursday of the First Week of Advent, Memorial of Saint Nicholas 12.6.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only the one who does the Will of My Father in Heaven. ‘Everyone who listens to these Words of Mine and acts on Them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Wednesday of the First Week of Advent 12.5.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“… They placed them at His Feet, and He cured them. The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the deformed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind able to see, and they glorified the God of Israel. … He took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Tuesday of the First Week of Advent, Memorial of Saint John Damascene 12.4.18 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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Catholic televised Mass for Tuesday of the First Week of Advent, Memorial of Saint John Damascene, Dec. 4, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Tuesday of the First Week of Advent, Memorial of Saint John Damascene 12.4.18 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“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

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Francis Xavier, 1506-1552 – Feast Day: December 3” – Loyola Press

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“Francis Xavier had planned to devote himself to the intellectual life, but at a strategic moment he surrendered to God, who had long and patiently pursued him. That surrender changed the course of his life—and the course of history as well. Even Ignatius of Loyola, the leader of the new Jesuit community, had planned to deploy Francis as a scholar.

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Monday 12.3.18 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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Catholic televised Mass for the Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]

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