22nd December - St. Chaeromon
We cannot fully acquire the virtue of purity unless we have first acquired true humility of heart - St. Chaeromon
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4th Sunday of Advent, Year A
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us pray in today’s Eucharistic celebration for the willingness to be obedient to God as we prepare ourselves to welcome His Son our Lord Jesus Christ into our world and our lives this Christmas season. May we continue to follow Christ more obediently and answer our call to discipleship through our Faith, Hope and Trust in Him.
20th December – St. Dominic de Silos
(Be) the hammer, not the anvil against temptation…
19th December – St. Pope Anastasius I
If Origen has put forth any other writings, you are to know that they and their author are alike condemned by me. The Lord have you in safe keeping, my lord and brother deservedly held in honour - St. Pope Anastasius I
18 December - St. Rufus & Zosimus
I am God's wheat, ground by the teeth of wild beasts, that I may be found pure bread - St. Ignatius of Antioch
17th December - St. Jose Manyanet i Vives
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you - St. Jose Manyanet y Vives
16th December - Blessed Clemente Marchisio
After five minutes with a living faith before Jesus Sacrament, I feel fully revived….
3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A
My dear brothers and sisters, as we celebrate the Guadete Sunday today, let us rejoice in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by truly preparing ourselves to welcome Him into our lives on Christmas Day by inculcating the virtues of Patience and Humility into our daily living.
13th December – St. Lucy
Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.
12th December – The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
I am truly your merciful Mother, yours and all the people who live united in this land and of all the other people of different ancestries, my lovers, who love me, those who seek me, those who trust in me.
11th December – St. Pope Damasus I
He who walking on the sea could calm the bitter waves, who gives life to the dying seeds of the earth….
10th December – Our Lady of Loreto
In Loreto I am especially indebted to Our Lady.
9th December – St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf.
8th December - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Truly the Lord is with you, to whom the Lord granted that all nature should owe as much to you as to himself.
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A
Let us prepare the way of the Lord this Advent season with the practices of Prayer, Mortification and Examination of Conscience as we endure all the challenges, difficulties and struggles that come our way when we work hard in our spiritual lives. Let us also be encouraged by the Scriptures to keep on pushing harder everyday to come closer to God because God is with us and with Him, everything is possible - RevFICO