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25th December - Christmas Day 2022

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Read: 'Peace on Earth to People of Goodwill', Fr. David's Meditation for Christmastide - inspired by our Rosary windows and the Joyful mysteries; also Fr David's East Window (Saints) meditation and Immaculate Conception Window meditation

JANUARY 2023

 1st January 2023 - Mary Mother of God

Readings (Year A): 1st: Numbers 6:22-27. Psalm: 66:2-3,5,6,8. 2nd: Galatians 4:4-7. Gospel: Luke 2:16-21

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6th January 2023 - The Epiphany

Readings 1st: Isaiah 60:1-6. 2nd: Eph 3:2-3,5-6.
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

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8th January 2023 - The Baptism of the Lord

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7. 2nd: Acts 10:34-38.
Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17

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speaker icon From our library: The Baptism of the Lord 2013 - Homily by Fr. Louis Rieunier click to listen or download (8.05mins)

Alleluia, Alleluia! The Heavens opened and the Father's voice resounded: "This is My Son, the Beloved. Listen to Him." Alleluia - Mk 9:8

15th January 2023 - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 49:3,5-6. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3.
Gospel: John 1:29-34

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22nd January 2023 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 8:23-9:3. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17. Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23

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29th January 2023 - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Zephaniah 2:3,3:12-13. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a

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FEBRUARY

5th February 2023 - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 58:7-10. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5.
Gospel:
Matthew 5:13-16 Your light must shine in the sight of men

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12th February 2023 - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Ecclesiasticus 15:16-21.
2nd: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10. Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37

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19th February 2023 - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18.
2nd: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23. Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48

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26th February 2023 - 1st Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7. 2nd: Romans 5:12-19. Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11

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external link: watch 'Time to Get Back to Basics', Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 26th February, 1st of Lent (on YouTube 14 mins)

‘The Green Cross’  A meditation for Lent by Canon David

MARCH

5th March 2023 - 2nd Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Genesis 12:1-4. 2nd: 2 Timothy 1:8-10.
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9

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12th March 2023 - 3rd Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Exodus 17:3-7. 2nd: Romans 5:1-2,5-8.
Gospel: John 4:5-42

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read 'I Thirst For You'
(Mother Teresa) <<

<< external links >> watch 'The Thirsty Soul', Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 12th March (on YouTube 14 mins) - also watch
'Jesus and the Outcast Woman at the Well' from 'The Chosen' series, (on YouTube 7.5 mins)

19th March 2023 - 4th Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7,10-13. 2nd: Ephesians 5:8-14. Gospel: John 9:1-41

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26th March 2023 - 5th Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Ezekiel 37:12-14. 2nd: Romans 8:8-11.
Gospel: John 11:1-45

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external link >> watch 'I Was Blind and Now I See', Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 19th March (on YouTube 14 mins) external link >> watch 'Is Death the End?' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 26th March (on YouTube 16.5 mins)
external link >> watch 'The Law That Sets You Free', Bishop Robert Barron in UK: “Friends, my homily from Westminster Cathedral focused on the law that sets you free. Freedom is the discipling of desire. In taking the law—God’s law—into your heart, you become free.“

APRIL

 2nd April 2023 - Palm Sunday - no homily today, Fr. Philip's homily for Palm Sunday from covid lockdown 2020 is here

Readings (Year A): Gospel at procession with palms before Mass: Matthew 21:1-11. 1st: Isaiah 50:4-7. 2nd: Philippians 2:6-11. Gospel: Matthew 26:14-27:66 - The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ

9th April 2023 - Easter Sunday

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 10:34,37-43. 2nd: Colossians 3:1-4.
Gospel: John 20:1-9

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external link >> watch 'All the Way Down' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Palm Sunday (on YouTube) ~
Music for the Triduum
(archive) from choir and musicians at our church

external link >> watch 'Let Christianity Be Weird!' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Easter Sunday (on YouTube)

16th April 2023 - Divine Mercy Sunday - 2nd of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:42-47. 2nd: 1 Peter 1:3-9.
Gospel: John 20:19-31

speaker icon listen / download homily by Fr. Philip (with Gospel 11.13mins)
or read Fr. Philip's homily notes - perfect love cast out fear.

23rd April 2023 - 3rd S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:14,22-33. 2nd: 1 Peter 1:17-21.
Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

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external link >> watch 'Agents of Divine Mercy' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Divine Mercy Sunday (on YouTube) 'Christ has been sent into the world as an agent of God’s mercy, answering our sin and woundedness with forgiving love. And the same Christ breathes on us, giving us the Holy Spirit, and sends us into the world with the same mission'.

30th April 2023 - 4th S. of Easter ‘Good Shepherd Sunday’

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:14,36-41. 2nd: 1 Peter 2:20-25. 
Gospel: John 10:1-10

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MAY

 7th May 2023 - 5th S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 6:1-7. 2nd: 1 Peter 2:4-9.
Gospel: John 14:1-12

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14th May 2023 - 6th S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 8:5-8,14-17. 2nd: 1 Peter 3:15-18. Gospel: John 14:15-21 I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate

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18th May 2023 - The Ascension of the Lord

Readings 1st: Acts 1:1-11. 2nd: Ephesians 1:17-23. Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20. 'Go and make disciples of all nations'

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21st May 2023 - 7th S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 1:12-14. 2nd: 1 Peter 4:13-16.
Gospel: John 17:1-11.

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28th May 2023 - Pentecost (Veni, sancte Spiritus)

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:1-11 'They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak'. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13. 'In the one Spirit we were all baptised'. Gospel: John 20:19-23. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you: receive the Holy Spirit'.

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Extended Readings for the Pentecost Vigil Mass (Yr A): 1st: Genesis 11:1-9. Psalm: 32(33):10-15. 2nd: Exodus 19:3-8,16-20. Canticle: Daniel 3:52-56. 3rd: reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14. Psalm: 106(107):2-9. 4th: reading: Joel 3:1-5. 'I will pour out my spirit on all mankind'. Psalm: 103(104):1-2,24,27-30,35. 5th: reading: Romans 8:22-27. 'The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words'. Gospel: John 7:37-39. 'If any man is thirsty, let him come to me!'

external link >> watch 'Surrender to the Spirit' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Pentecost Sunday (on YouTube) Friends, we come to the great Feast of Pentecost ... Surrender your life over to the Holy Spirit, and you will tap into this source of power to change things for the better.

JUNE

4th June 2023 - Trinity Sunday

Readings (Year A): 1st: Exodus 34:4-6,8-9. 2nd: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13. Gospel: John 3:16-18. God sent his Son so that through him the world might be saved.

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11th June 2023 - Corpus Christi

Readings: 1st: Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17. Gospel: John 6:51-58. My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink

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18th June 2023 - 11th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Year A): 1st: Exodus 19:2-6. 2nd: Romans 5:6-11. Gospel: Matthew 9:36-10:8. The harvest is rich but the labourers are few

Fr. Philip is on leave - external link >> watch 'Shepherds, Warriors, Healers' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 11th Sunday OT.

25th June 2023 - 12th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Year A): 1st: Jeremiah 20:10-13. 2nd: Romans 5:12-15. Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body

external link >> watch 'Be Not Afraid' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 12th Sunday OT.

JULY

2nd July 2023 - 13th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: 2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16. 2nd: Romans 6:3-4,8-11. Gospel: Matt 10:37-42. Anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it

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speaker icon listen / download sung 11am Mass (1hr.04 mins)

9th July 2023 - 14th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Zechariah 9:9-10. 2nd: Romans 8:9,11-13. 
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

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external link >> watch 'You Can’t Be Neutral About Jesus'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 13th Sunday OT.

external link >> watch 'Enter the Inner Life of God'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 14th Sunday OT

16th July 2023 - 15th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Isaiah 55:10-11. 2nd: Romans 8:18-23. 
Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23. A sower went out to sow

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23rd July 2023 - 16th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Wisdom 12:13,16-19. 2nd: Romans 8:26-27. Gospel: Matthew 13:24-43. Let them both grow till the harvest

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external link >> watch 'The Parasite of Evil'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 16th Sunday OT

30th July 2023 - 17th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: 1 Kings 3:5,7-12. 2nd: Romans 8:28-30. Gospel: Matthew 13:44-52. He sells everything he owns and buys the field

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external link >> watch 'A Wise and Discerning Heart'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 17th Sunday OT

AUGUST

6th August 2023 - The Transfiguration of the Lord

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Daniel 7:9-10,13-14. 2nd: 2 Peter 1:16-19.
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9. His face shone like the sun

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Life everlasting and love without end became the themes of the Good News which is the only hope for humanity.

13th August 2023 - 19th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: 1 Kings 19:9,11-13. 2nd: Romans 9:1-5.
Gospel:
Matthew 14:22-33. Jesus walks on the water

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external links >> watch 'The True King Has Come'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for The Transfiguration

>> and 'Embracing the Transformative Waters of Christ'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Homily for 'World Youth Day 2023' - “Do whatever he tells you” - and you will find true freedom and true joy.

external links >> watch 'Jesus and Simon's walking on water scene' from 'The Chosen' series (on YouTube) and other scenes with Simon

>> and 'In the Storm? Look to Christ'
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 19th Sunday OT

20th August 2023 - 20th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: 1st: Isaiah 56:1,6-7. 2nd: Romans 11:13-15,29-32. Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28.
The Canaanite woman debates with Jesus and saves her daughter

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27th August 2023 - 21st Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Isaiah 22:19-23 . 2nd: Romans 11:33-36. 
Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20. You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church

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external link >> watch 'Chosen for the Sake of the World'  'This story is driving at an issue that is central to the Bible—namely, the relationship between Israel and the other nations.' 
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 20th Sunday OT

external link >> watch 'When God’s Ways Are Confusing'  ... we hear a classic answer from within the heart of our tradition today in our second reading from St. Paul to the Romans.
Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 21st Sunday OT

SEPTEMBER

3rd September 2023 - 22nd Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Jeremiah 20:7-9. 2nd: Romans 12:1-2.
Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27. 'Get behind me, Satan!'

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17th September 2023 - 24th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Ecclesiasticus 27:33-28:9. 2nd: Romans 14:7-9. Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35. To be forgiven, you must forgive

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external link >> watch 'A Fire in the Heart'  ... On 1st reading from Jeremiah. Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 22nd Sunday OT

external link >> watch 'Enter the Adventure'  ... On 2nd reading from Paul. Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 24th Sunday OT

external link >> watch 'Are We Saved by Faith Alone?'  ... On 2nd reading from Paul. Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for 23rd Sunday OT

past year A: Matthew homilies for 23rd Sunday OT

24th September 2023 - 25th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Isaiah 55:6-9. 2nd: Philippians 1:20-24,27.
Gospel:
Matthew 20:1-16. Why be envious because I am generous?

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external link >> watch 'How Not to Think About Heaven' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon 25th Sun OT: the parable at the heart of our Gospel today from Matthew 20 is one of those passages in the New Testament that really bothers people. It proves that this parable is not just conveying correct information about God; it is reaching into our souls and doing spiritual work, shining light upon a certain darkness in us that resists him. And in this case, the darkness is a false view of what heaven is all about.

OCTOBER

1st October 2023 - 26th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Ezekiel 18:25-28. 2nd: Philippians 2:1-11.
Gospel:
Matthew 21:28-32. Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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8th October 2023 - 27th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Isaiah 5:1-7. 2nd: Philippians 4:6-9. Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43. This is the landlord's heir: come, let us kill him.

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external link >> watch 'Becoming a brick wall of integrity?' sermon from Bishop Barron. 'We show God and the world who we are by the integrity of our moral acts. What we do defines who we are, and therefore we must cultivate the moral dimension of our life to avoid ethical calamity.'

external link >> watch 'The Key to Human Flourishing?' sermon from Bishop Barron. 'Friends, in biblical imagery, the vineyard symbolizes the people of God. The Lord nourishes us as our caretaker, but he desires (even demands) that we bear good fruit. The Mass, the Eucharist, the teaching office of the Church, priests and bishops—through these means and through the Church, God cultivates his vineyard."

15th October 2023 - 28th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Isaiah 25:6-10. 2nd: Philippians 4:12-14,19-20. Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14. Invite everyone you can to the wedding

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22nd October 2023 - 29th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Isaiah 45:1,4-6. 2nd: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5. 
Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21. Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar

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external link >> watch 'The Summit of the Christian Life' sermon from Bishop Barron. "Friends, the mountain is a great image throughout the Bible. It is the place where we go up and where God comes down to meet us. Today’s first reading from Isaiah orients us to three holy mountains of the Lord ..."

external link >> watch 'Does It Matter What You Believe?' sermon from Bishop Barron. "Friends, a great theme of the Bible is that of God’s chosen people. At the same time, we also see that God’s salvific plan has to do with all of humanity—and indeed with all of creation. God chooses Israel—and the New Israel, the Church—precisely for the sake of the whole world. Remembering this helps us keep the delicate balance between bland spiritual relativism and a dangerous religious tribalism."

29th October 2023 - 30th Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Exodus 22:20-26. 2nd: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10. Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40. The commandments of love

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external link
>> watch
'God’s Rules for Life' sermon from Bishop Barron. "Friends, the Books of Moses teach that the three types of Israelite law—liturgical law, ritual law, and moral law—shape and direct God’s people toward holiness and purity. While the liturgical laws have been carried over and the ritual laws largely set aside, the moral laws remain unchanged, for they represent those great abiding intuitions by which our lives should be structured."

NOVEMBER

5th November 2023 - 31st Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Malachi 1:14-2:2,8-10. 2nd: 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9,13. Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12. They do not practice what they preach

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12th November 2023 - 32nd Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Wisdom 6:12-16. 2nd: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13. The wise and foolish virgins

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 external link >> watch 'Your Life is Not About You' sermon from Bishop Barron. "Friends, there’s only one real sadness in life—not to be a saint. But what does it mean to follow this path of righteousness? To follow the will of God, and God wills that we habitually direct our actions and thoughts to the good of others. Jesus says blessed are the merciful, the peacemakers, the pure in heart. Following Christ’s Sermon on the Mount leads to our beatitude; living in this way leads to sainthood."

external link >> watch 'You Must Rethink Your Spiritual Life' sermon esp. on 1st reading, from Bishop Barron. "Friends, there’s a great temptation for us to turn the Lord into a distant spiritual entity or a difficult moral taskmaster. We incorrectly believe that we have to crawl our way to the divine by our own heroism, merit, and effort. But this is not the case. In actuality, God, in his wisdom, hastens to make himself known. He reveals himself to us, even before we’ve begun to see. In fact, our seeking is predicated upon the fact that we’ve already been found. To understand this is to understand the Bible as the story of God’s quest for us."

19th November 2023 - 33rd Sunday in ordinary time

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31. 2nd: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6. Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30. You have been faithful in small things: come and join in your master's happiness

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26th November 2023 - Christ the King

Readings: (Yr A): 1st: Ezekiel 34:11-12,15-17. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 15:20-26,28. Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46. I was naked and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me

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DECEMBER  Advent Year B (Mark)

3rd December 2023 - 1st Sunday of Advent

Readings: (Year B): 1st: Isaiah 63:16-17,64:1,3-8. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9. Gospel: Mark 13:33-37. If he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep
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Fri 8 Dec Immaculate Conception of Our Lady

10th December 2023 - 2nd Sunday of Advent

Readings: (Year B): 1st: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11. 2nd: 2 Peter 3:8-14.
Gospel:
Mark 1:1-8. A voice cries in the wilderness: prepare a way for the Lord

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external link >> watch 'You Can’t Save Yourself' sermon from Bishop Barron. "We come to the First Sunday of Advent—the liturgical new year. I've said this before, but Advent is a time to get back to basics. Can I suggest we start with that familiar Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”? Until we get into the spiritual space opened up by that hymn, we are not understanding Advent—and more to it, we are not understanding Christianity. ... ."

external link >> watch 'Confronting the Powers That Be' sermon from Bishop Barron. "This week we have the privilege of hearing the very opening of the Gospel of Mark, which, by scholarly consensus, is the first of the Gospels written: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God.” .. this line matters a lot; in fact, every bit of it matters. And what sounds to us like familiar spiritual language was, in the first century, an edgy proclamation of the true Emperor to the powers that be."

17th December 2023 - 3rd Sunday of Advent

Readings: (Year B): 1st: Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11. 2nd: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Gospel: John 1:6-8,19-28. 'There stands among you the one coming after me'

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24th December 2023 - 4th Sunday of Advent

Readings: (Year B): 1st: 2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-12,14,16. 2nd: Romans 16:25-27. Gospel: Luke 1:26-38. 'I am the handmaid of the Lord'

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external link >> watch 'He Will Rule Forever' sermon from Bishop Barron. “Friends, we come to the fourth and final Sunday of Advent, falling this year on the very day before Christmas. And today, the Church invites us in our readings to think about David. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Torah, the fulfillment of the temple, the fulfillment of all of the longings of the prophets and patriarchs of Israel. And he is, perhaps above all, the new and definitive David, the King and Priest who will “rule over the house of Jacob forever.”

25th December 2023 - Christmas - Midnight Mass

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31st December 2023 - The Holy Family

Readings: (Year B): 1st: Genesis 15:1-6,21:1-3. 2nd: Hebrews 11:8,11-12,17-19. Gospel: Luke 2:22-40.

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Homilies for 2024

external link >> watch 'Go to Joseph' sermon from Bishop Barron. “Friends, we come to the wonderful Feast of the Holy Family. Let’s look at four dimensions to the holiness of this greatest male saint in the history of the Church.”

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