FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, CYCLE C LUKE 1:39-45 This Sunday's gospel reading is the sequel to the Annunciation to Mary. Before giving consent to the message of the angel that God had chosen her to become the mother of "the Son of the Most High/9 the Angel Gabriel gave Mary a proof or sign of the vali...
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Gospel: Luke 3:10-18 Last Sunday’s gospel introduced the mission of John the Baptizer. Luke used an oracle of a sixth century B.C. prophet to explain John’s mission — to prepare the way of the Lord that the salvation of God will be made known to all humankind. In this Sunday’...
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Gospel: Luke 3:1-6   After two chapters about the conception, birth, infancy, and growth of Jesus and John the Baptizer, Luke gives an example of his intention stated in the introduction to his gospel, "to write a systematic account" of events concerning Jesus. He begins as all four gospels be...
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As the new year of grace begins, the Church turns once more to the last discourse or sermon of Jesus. Three forms of this discourse are available to us — the oldest in Mark about the year 70, the other two from Matthew and Luke. The latter are usually dated in the mid eighties of the first ce...
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