First Reading: Isaiah 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7
16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is thy name.
17 O LORD, why dost thou make us err from thy ways and harden our heart, so that we fear thee not? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.
19 We have become like those over whom thou hast never ruled, like those who are not called by thy name.
2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil -- to make thy name known to thy adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at thy presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
4 From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him.
5 Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou wast angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7 There is no one that calls upon thy name, that bestirs himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the hand of our iniquities.
Psalms 80: 2 - 3, 15 - 16, 18 - 19
2 before E'phraim and Benjamin and Manas'seh! Stir up thy might, and come to save us!
3 Restore us, O God; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
15 the stock which thy right hand planted.
16 They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance!
18 Then we will never turn back from thee; give us life, and we will call on thy name!
19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 3 - 9
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
5 that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge --
6 even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you --
7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gospel Reading: Mark 13: 33 - 37
33 Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.
34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.
35 Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning --
36 lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
37 And what I say to you I say to all: Watch."
Homily / Sermon / Preaching - Sr.Francine
Happy New Year, yes, because with the first Sunday of Advent, we enter a new liturgical year. We will open over the Sundays, the Gospel of St. Mark.
The word Advent means "coming". Who's coming? Even a kindergarten child can answer: the coming of Jesus. But "we know there are three came from the Lord," St. Bernard tells us in his fifth sermon for Advent.
The first coming, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem there is a little over 2000 years. Advent is offered annually to penetrate deeper into this vital pillar of Christianity. God became man with men
The third arrival is awaiting the return of Christ in glory. We sing at every Mass, after the consecration: "... until you come in glory." The major project of Jesus is to train with him in the Kingdom of God.
Between the first and the third came, there a second. And that lap time is now. Every day the Lord comes, if we welcome.
In order to receive, care must be taken, be vigilant. What is sure? To find out, open the Bible, the Book of Jeremiah 1, 11-12: "The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see an almond branch. Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it. "In Hebrew, the root (ChaQaD) means both" see "and" almond. " In Hebrew, it is sure to be like the almond tree. For in the winter of the world where everything seems dead, where everything seems lost, here is the almond tree is the first to get to bloom. The watchman is one who announces the spring. He who waits in loving trust, and who is able to discern the signs of life and light to the cold of the night.
Sure, it's also not knowing "when the master of the house will come back." Early in the book of Acts, Jesus meets his disciples who asked him if he will now restore the kingdom to Israel: "It is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father hath put in his sovereign freedom. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you "(Acts 1, 7-8a). You do not have to worry about times and the seasons. This is not your case. Why? First, in order not to sink into a hysterical anxiety "is the end of the world, the return of Christ ... should I be ready? "Then, to live confident faith is the opposite of clear vision.
Ensure it is receiving the power of the Spirit is daring to believe in the night the dawn will rise. It is the confident expectation and loving the Lord who comes every day in prayer, in the loving attention to the brothers in the joint commitment for a better world ... "Watch therefore, for ye know not when the master of return home in the evening or at midnight, at cockcrow, or in the morning. "The rooster is like the almond tree. He is the first, while it was still night, singing the days ahead. Sure, it's not unfortunate that everything is ugly, murder, violence, collapse of the Church, pedophilia of some priests, or to take to the only pure, preserved from contamination by an evil world ...
Ensure means living trust, hope and love, knowing that the Lord is already here and will be the victor over death and sin. - Sr.Francine
16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is thy name.
17 O LORD, why dost thou make us err from thy ways and harden our heart, so that we fear thee not? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.
19 We have become like those over whom thou hast never ruled, like those who are not called by thy name.
2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil -- to make thy name known to thy adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at thy presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
4 From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him.
5 Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou wast angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7 There is no one that calls upon thy name, that bestirs himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the hand of our iniquities.
Psalms 80: 2 - 3, 15 - 16, 18 - 19
2 before E'phraim and Benjamin and Manas'seh! Stir up thy might, and come to save us!
3 Restore us, O God; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
15 the stock which thy right hand planted.
16 They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance!
18 Then we will never turn back from thee; give us life, and we will call on thy name!
19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 3 - 9
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
5 that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge --
6 even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you --
7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gospel Reading: Mark 13: 33 - 37
33 Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.
34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.
35 Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning --
36 lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
37 And what I say to you I say to all: Watch."
Homily / Sermon / Preaching - Sr.Francine
Happy New Year, yes, because with the first Sunday of Advent, we enter a new liturgical year. We will open over the Sundays, the Gospel of St. Mark.
The word Advent means "coming". Who's coming? Even a kindergarten child can answer: the coming of Jesus. But "we know there are three came from the Lord," St. Bernard tells us in his fifth sermon for Advent.
The first coming, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem there is a little over 2000 years. Advent is offered annually to penetrate deeper into this vital pillar of Christianity. God became man with men
The third arrival is awaiting the return of Christ in glory. We sing at every Mass, after the consecration: "... until you come in glory." The major project of Jesus is to train with him in the Kingdom of God.
Between the first and the third came, there a second. And that lap time is now. Every day the Lord comes, if we welcome.
In order to receive, care must be taken, be vigilant. What is sure? To find out, open the Bible, the Book of Jeremiah 1, 11-12: "The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see an almond branch. Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it. "In Hebrew, the root (ChaQaD) means both" see "and" almond. " In Hebrew, it is sure to be like the almond tree. For in the winter of the world where everything seems dead, where everything seems lost, here is the almond tree is the first to get to bloom. The watchman is one who announces the spring. He who waits in loving trust, and who is able to discern the signs of life and light to the cold of the night.
Sure, it's also not knowing "when the master of the house will come back." Early in the book of Acts, Jesus meets his disciples who asked him if he will now restore the kingdom to Israel: "It is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father hath put in his sovereign freedom. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you "(Acts 1, 7-8a). You do not have to worry about times and the seasons. This is not your case. Why? First, in order not to sink into a hysterical anxiety "is the end of the world, the return of Christ ... should I be ready? "Then, to live confident faith is the opposite of clear vision.
Ensure it is receiving the power of the Spirit is daring to believe in the night the dawn will rise. It is the confident expectation and loving the Lord who comes every day in prayer, in the loving attention to the brothers in the joint commitment for a better world ... "Watch therefore, for ye know not when the master of return home in the evening or at midnight, at cockcrow, or in the morning. "The rooster is like the almond tree. He is the first, while it was still night, singing the days ahead. Sure, it's not unfortunate that everything is ugly, murder, violence, collapse of the Church, pedophilia of some priests, or to take to the only pure, preserved from contamination by an evil world ...
Ensure means living trust, hope and love, knowing that the Lord is already here and will be the victor over death and sin. - Sr.Francine
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