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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: #Catholic #Mass #Readings: Solemnity of the #Annunciation of the Lord, Saturday 3.25.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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,
of the house of David,
and the virgin’s name was #Mary.
And coming to her, he said,
‘Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you. …
Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.’
… Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.’
Then the angel departed from her.”

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FAITHLINK: “Listen to Him: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday of #Lent” – St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

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“… In #Jesus’ #Transfiguration today, He is revealed as the One through whom #God fulfills His Divine Plan from of old. Not only a new Moses, Jesus is also the “Beloved Son” promised to Abraham and again to David (see Genesis 22:15-18; Psalm 2:7; Matthew 1:1). …”

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FAITHLINK: “Sermon for the Transfiguration 1,3-4 ” – Saint Ephrem/DailyGospel

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“He leads them up on a high mountain to show them the Glory of His Divinity and to let them know that He was Israel’s Savior, as revealed by His Prophets … He leads them up on a high mountain so that the Father may call Him ‘My Son’ and show them that He really was His Son and that He was #God. … shows them His Royalty before suffering, His Power before dying, His Glory before being insulted and His honor before undergoing ignominy. In this way, when He will be captured and crucified, His Apostles will understand that He did not undergo this because of weakness, but to consent and willingly for the Salvation of the world. ….”

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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “Saint Pope John Paul II at the Mount of Beatitudes, Homily, Mass for Youth 3.24.00” – Vatican.Va

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“… In the end, Jesus does not merely speak the Beatitudes. He lives the Beatitudes. He is the Beatitudes. Looking at Him you will see what it means to be poor in spirit, gentle and merciful, to mourn, to care for what is right, to be pure in heart, to make peace, to be persecuted. This is why He has the right to say, ‘Come, follow Me!’ He does not say simply, ‘Do what I say.’ He says, ‘Come, follow Me!’

 

You hear His Voice on this hill, and you believe what He says. But like the first Disciples at the Sea of Galilee, you must leave your boats and nets behind, and that is never easy – especially when you face an uncertain future and are tempted to lose faith in your #Christian heritage. To be good Christians may seem beyond your strength in today’s world. But Jesus does not stand by and leave you alone to face the challenge. He is always with you to transform your weakness into strength. Trust Him when he says: ‘My Grace is enough for you, for My Power is made perfect in weakness’ (2 Cor 12:9)! …”

Click here for “Saint Pope John Paul II at the Mount of Beatitudes, Homily, Mass for Youth 3.24.00” – Vatican.Va

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FAITHLINK: “Pope Francis at Angelus: Church called to proclaim Christ” – News.Va

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“… ‘The #Church,’ said #PopeFrancis, ‘is in every age called to do that, which John the Baptist did: to show #Jesus to the people, saying, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'”

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FAITHLINK: “Look for Jesus today, and when you see Him, rejoice” – Catholic Philly/Msgr. Joseph Prior

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“… This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. The celebration commemorates the visit of the magi to the child Jesus, the King of the Jews. The significance of this feast is that Jesus is made manifest to the nations. The magi who come from foreign lands to see the newborn king represent the ‘nations.’ The light that comes into the world comes … for all peoples. The magi, following the light of the star, search for the child until they find Him in Bethlehem and ‘… on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.’ Coming to the close of the Christmas season, we have the opportunity to reflect, once again, on the birth of the Messiah. Our celebrations recall and remember that He has been born among us. We recognize the Gift of Life that comes through Him. We celebrate God becoming man and living among us. We commemorate God taking on flesh so that he could give it up on our behalf and thereby opening the gates of Eternal Life. …”

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FAITHLINK: “Blessed Guerric of Igny: 2nd Sermon for the Epiphany”

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“‘Arise, be enlightened, Jerusalem, for your Light has come.’ The Light indeed had come; He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, but the world did not know Him. He was born but He was not known, until this Day of Light began to manifest Him… . ‘Arise, you who sit in darkness; look at the light which has risen up in the darkness but is not mastered by the darkness. Draw near to Him and be enlightened, in His light you shall see the light; and it will be said to you: ‘You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.’ Look upon the Eternal Light which has tempered itself to your gaze, so that He who dwells in inaccessible light affords access even to weak and bleary eyes. …”

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FAITHLINK: “#Mary, Mother of #God” – #Catholic Exchange/Marcellino D’Ambrosio

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“… in 431, the Council of Ephesus met, under Cyril’s leadership, and solemnly proclaimed that #Mary is indeed rightly to be honored as the #Theotokos, the Mother of #God. It proclaimed that from the moment of his conception, God truly became man. Of course Mary is a creature and could never be the origin of the eternal Trinity, God without beginning or end. But the second person of the blessed Trinity chose to truly become man. He did not just come and borrow a human body and drive it around for awhile, ascend back to heaven, and discard it like an old car. …”

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FAITHLINK Catholic Exchange/Fr. Ed Broom, OMV: “Advent is a Time for Greater Silence and Prayer”

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“Advent is a season of very special graces! It is time of waiting, hope and joy. Waiting—for the Birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Hope—because Jesus came to save us; finally Joy — because Jesus’ birth, Life and Resurrection is a promise of Eternal Life for those who obey His Commandments and love Him. …”

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FAITHWATCH: “Pope Francis: Advent Calls Us to Enlarge Our Horizons” – News.Va/ Vatican Radio

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“Pope Francis marked the beginning of the new liturgical year at the Angelus for the First Sunday of Advent. … the Gospel introduces us to one of the most ‘evocative’ themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out three visits of the Lord: the first … the Incarnation, and Birth of Jesus at Christmas; the second, in the present, as Jesus visits us continually, every day; and the final visit, in the future, when Jesus ‘will come again in Glory to judge the living and the dead.’ * * * … During Advent … ‘we are called to enlarge the horizons of our hearts, to be surprised by the life that is presented each day with its newness. In order to do this we need to learn to not depend on our own securities, our own established plans, because the Lord comes in the hour which we don’t imagine.'”

Click here for News.Va/Vatican Radio: “Pope Francis: Advent calls us to enlarge our horizons”

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