December 28 FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS. Mass prayers and readings. Sermon from St. Quodvultdeus
December 28 FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRSMass prayers and readings. Today, the Church celebrates the memory of the small children of the neighborhood...
December saints
Dec. 28: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND REFLECTION ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT.
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Dec. 28: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND REFLECTION ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT GOSPEL OF DEC. 28, FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTSMt...
Dec. 27: ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. Mass and St. Augustine’s treatise.
Dec. 27: ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. Mass prayers and readings and St. Augustine’s treatise. Born in Bethsaida, St. John together with James, his...
December 14: ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, Priest & Doctor of the Church.
December 14: ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, Priest & Doctor of the Church. Born in Fontiveros, Spain, St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), after...
Dec. 13 ST. LUCY, Virgin and Martyr
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Dec. 13 ST. LUCY, Virgin and Martyr St. Lucy is one of seven women, aside from the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in...
Dec. 11: ST. DAMASUS I, POPE AND CONFESSOR.
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Dec. 11: ST. DAMASUS I, POPE AND CONFESSOR St. Damasus I (305-384) was probably near the city of Idanha-a-Velha (in Lusitania, Hispania), in what...
Dec. 10: OUR LADY OF LORETO. Brief history and prayer.
December 10:OUR LADY OF LORETO Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the Holy House of Loreto, a town south of Ancona, has...
December 9: ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAHTLATOATZIN
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December 9ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAHTLATOATZIN.Short bio and a letter of St. John Paul II December 9Saint Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin St. Juan Diego (1474-1548) was...
December 8: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY (SOLEMNITY) AV reflection summary and text.
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December 8:THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY (SOLEMNITY)AV reflection summary and text. Dear friends: Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary! As we have...
December 8: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. AV history and St. Anselm’s beautiful sermon!
December 8 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. AV history and St. Anselm’s beautiful sermon! Pope Pius IX instituted this celebration when...
December 7: ST. AMBROSE, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Dec. 7ST. AMBROSE OF MILAN,Bishop and Doctor of the Church. While living in Milan, serving the imperial government, St. Ambrose (340-397) was baptized and...
December 6: ST. NICHOLAS OF BARI, BISHOP. Nicolas the Wonderworker “Santa Claus” explained. 2 min read
December 6ST. NICHOLAS OF BARI, BISHOP Saint Nicholas of Bari (270–343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre, part...
HOMILY FOR THE 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR A. 
ADVENT READING: THE WONDER OF THE INCARNATION 
ADVENT READING: THE SEASON OF ADVENT BY ST. CHARLES BORROMEO 
THE BLESSING OF ADVENT WREATH AT HOME.