FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Monday of the Second Week of Advent 12.5.16 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… 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

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FAITHLINK DailyGospel: “Saint Pope Gregory the Great, Gospel Homilies, No. 20, ‘Prepare the Way of the Lord, Make Straight His Paths'”

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“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

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FAITHLINK Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope: “A Prophet Who Prepares; [Second Sunday of Advent]”

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“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

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FAITHLINK News.va: “Angelus: The Kingdom of Heaven is the Love and Humility of God”

View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River

“‘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. …”  

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FAITHLINK National Catholic Register: “Cuban Priest: ‘Kill Me, Jail Me, But We Won’t Suspend Holy Mass'”

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“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. …”    

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VIDEO: Catholic TV Mass – Second Sunday of Advent 12.4.16 – Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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#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] Your browser does not support iframes.

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