Third Monday in Advent – December 15, 2025 Numbers 24: 2-7,15-17a; Matthew 21: 23-27 Balaam praises the Lord for what he sees, while not all
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Month: December 2025
Advent: Rejoice and be the Reign
Accept, Acknowledge and Announce Gaudete Sunday – December 14, 2025 Isaiah 35: 1-6a, 10; James 5: 7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11 We reach the third Sunday
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Advent – The Season with Reasons
M. Titus Mohan – Every time I travel by tram in Milan, I am reminded of two simple but profound truths. A tram moves slowly
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Advent: Fired with the Zeal for the Reign
Second Saturday in Advent – December 13, 2025 Ecclesiasticus 48: 1-4,9-12; Matthew 17: 10-13 Prophet Elijah rose like a fire, like the flaring torch… introduces
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Advent: Fullness – the Reign willed by God
Second Friday in Advent – December 12, 2025 Isaiah 48: 17-19; Matthew 11: 16-19 Daring to behold the Reign is all about protagonism on behalf
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Complicity Within: Goa’s Moral Blind Spot
By Lavoisier Fernandes – The recent nightclub fire in Arpora, Goa-India, which claimed twenty-five lives and injured at least fifty people, has shaken the state’s
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The Black Madonna on Pilgrimage
Paul Suski – During Advent, on December 12, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is an image traditionally held not to
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Advent: Simplicity – the Rule of the Reign
Second Thursday in Advent – December 11, 2025 Isaiah 41: 13-20; Matthew 11: 11-15 Daring to behold the Reign is, almost always, interpreted in terms
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Advent: Growing into the Flock of the Reign
Second Tuesday in Advent – December 09, 2025 Isaiah 40: 1-11; Matthew 18: 12-14 One of the signs or consequences of daring to behold the
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Advent: Strengthened to Strive for the Reign
Second Wednesday in Advent – December 10, 2025 Isaiah 40: 25-31; Matthew 11: 28-30 Daring to behold the Reign is the task entrusted to us
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Advent: The Immaculate Conception
December 8, 2025: Genesis 3: 9-15, 20; Ephesians 1: 3-6, 11-12; Lk 1: 26-38 The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Our Blessed Mother –
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Advent: Dare to Behold the Reign
December 7, 2025 – Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15: 4-9; Matthew 3: 1-12 Repent, for the Reign of God is close at
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Odisha: Annual Retreat ‘Reignite’ Spiritually Strengthens Priests
By Purushottam Nayak – Visakhapatnam: The 50th Annual Retreat of priests from the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar from the eastern Indian state of Odisha concluded recently
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Advent: Called to Work with the Reign
First Saturday in Advent – December 6, 2025 Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26; Matthew 9:35 – 10:1,5,6-8 Freely you have received, freely you shall give –
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Odisha: St. Vincent de Paul Society Distributes Blankets to Needy in Kandhamal
By Purushottam Nayak – Raikia, Kandhamal: As winter approaches each year, harsh temperatures pose severe challenges for people living on the margins of society those
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