The Eleventh Day of Advent: Apart From Jesus You Can Do...

Today the Church presents to us one of the gospel's most familiar passages.  “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and...

The Twelfth Day of Advent: Attacks Against the Kingdom of Heaven

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. These words...

The Thirteenth Day of Advent: Our Life – The Road Map

Today’s readings are full of God’s promises to us: “Those who follow you, Lord, will have the light of life”, we say in the...

The Fourteenth Day of Advent: Our Lady of Guadalupe offers Us...

One of the craziest ideas that continually occurs to me is that I am not worthy to receive the Mercy of God. I can't...

The Fifteenth Day of Advent: Preparing The Way…For Another

On this third Sunday of Advent – Gaudete Sunday – the readings continue the sense of anticipation of the season, but they also remind...

The Sixteenth Day of Advent: A Star Shall Advance From Jacob

In the first reading today, we hear that a star shall advance from the line of Jacob and a staff shall rise from the...

The Seventeenth Day of Advent: Consequence of Choice

“Which of the two did his father’s will?” In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a simple story of two imperfect sons in order...

The Eighteenth Day of Advent: Overcome the Darkness

In today’s first reading from Isaiah, God says, “Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop...

The Nineteenth Day of Advent: Who Am I, and Where Do...

I’ve always been puzzled by today’s Gospel: the Genealogy of Christ. No matter how hard I try, I struggle to find that “deeper meaning” we...

The Twenty-second Day of Advent: May It Be Done To Me...

“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” These famous words of Mary—said during...