𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝟑:𝟐-𝟔, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟐𝟖:𝟏-𝟓 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐂𝐨𝐥 𝟑:𝟏𝟐-𝟐𝟏 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐:𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟑 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) Would you believe it if y

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍, 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟏 𝐉𝐧 𝟏:𝟏-𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟕:𝟏-𝟐,𝟓-𝟔, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟐 “𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐧 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝐚, 𝟐-𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “… 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟖) As get into the Octave of Christmas let us not forget to tie in the lessons of Christmas with the tra

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐍, 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐀𝐜 𝟔:𝟖-𝟏𝟎; 𝟕:𝟓𝟒-𝟓𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟏:𝟑-𝟒, 𝟔-𝟖, 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟏 “𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏𝟎:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “..𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟐) As we celebrate tod

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 (𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲) 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟐:𝟕-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟖:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐇𝐞𝐛 𝟏:𝟏-𝟔 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐉𝐍 𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬.” (𝐉𝐧 �

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟏 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟏:𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝟏 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟐:𝟏, 𝟒-𝟖 “𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟏:𝟒𝟔-𝟓𝟔 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟒𝟗) “𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒂 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒎” (𝒗. 46). This is the first line in the Latin language of what has been widely r

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝟒𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟕:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟒:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟏:𝟏-𝟕 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝟏:𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝: “..𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) Those of you who will be reading this r

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟕:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟒:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟖) The Gospel today has Mary as the focal point and to be able to fully grasp this story of this marvelous event, we n

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝟒𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠 𝟏𝟑:𝟐-𝟕, 𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕𝟏:𝟑-𝟔, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟕 “𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲!” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏:𝟓-𝟐𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟓) In the First Reading we read

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐉𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑:𝟓-𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕𝟐:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟗 “𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝟏:𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟒 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟑) There have been many instances when weddings were can

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝟒𝟗:𝟐, 𝟖-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕𝟐:𝟏-𝟒, 𝟕-𝟖, 𝟏𝟕 “𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟕 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚�

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐙𝐞𝐩 𝟑:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟗-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟒: 𝟐-𝟑, 𝟔-𝟕, 𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟑 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟏:𝟐𝟖-𝟑𝟐 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: ““𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚�

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟓:𝟏-𝟔, 𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟔: 𝟔-𝟏𝟎 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐉𝐚𝐦 𝟓:𝟕-𝟏𝟎 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏𝟏:𝟐-𝟏𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮; 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟎)

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐘, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝟒𝟖:𝟏-𝟒, 𝟗-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟎:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟗 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮; 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏𝟕:𝟗-𝟏𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: "𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢�

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐏𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐙𝐞𝐜 𝟐:𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐉𝐮𝐝 𝟏𝟑:𝟏𝟖𝐛𝐜𝐝𝐞, 𝟏𝟗 “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝟏:𝟐-𝟑𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟑) 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 The Gospel toda

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟏:𝟏𝟑-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟓 𝟏, 𝟗-𝟏𝟑 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥; 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟓 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟓) Today allow me to use this Gospel passage in �

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟒𝟎: 𝟐𝟓-𝟑𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟑: 𝟏-𝟒, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎 “𝐎 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟖-𝟑𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟎) As he most often does Jesus uses parables when teaching to the Jews and, in this Gospel passage, he spok

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝟑:𝟗-𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟗𝟖:𝟏-𝟒 “𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐄𝐩𝐡 𝟏: 𝟑-𝟔, 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟐 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟖 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟖) Th

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟗:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟕:𝟏, 𝟒, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟒 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟗:𝟐𝟕-𝟑𝟏 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” (𝐯.𝟐𝟗) Sunglasses or what the youths today refer to as shades is something that the

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟔:𝟏-𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟖:𝟖-𝟗, 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟕 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟕:𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟕 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤�

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐒 𝐗𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐑, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟓:𝟔-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟐𝟑:𝟏-𝟔 “𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐓 𝟏𝟓:𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟕 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.” (𝐯.𝟑𝟐) The event depicted in today’s Gospel rea