Janina Gomes – Across many nations, Christmas has increasingly turned into a secular spectacle—marked by glittering lights, festive markets, decorated trees, mistletoe, and the relentless
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Category: Advent
Advent: The Reign – Constant Presence of God
Third Saturday in Advent – December 20, 2025 Judges 13: 2-7, 24-25; Luke 1: 26-38 Like the light that shines all over and enters every
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B’luru: When Music Becomes Touch: Abreos Share Christmas Joy with the Visually Impaired
Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru’s own “von Trapp” family – the Abreos – turned a December morning at Jyothi Seva Home and School for Blind
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The Reign – Promise of New Things!
Third Friday in Advent – December 19, 2025 Judges 13: 2, 7, 24-25; Luke 1: 5-25 Today the Word presents to us two promises made…
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Advent: Branches of Justice… All for the Reign!
Third Thursday in Advent – December 18, 2025 Jeremiah 23: 5-8; Matthew 1: 18-24 Getting closer to the great event of Christmas, the Word introduces
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Advent: Wisdom – The Promise of the Reign!
Third Wednesday in Advent – December 17, 2025 Genesis 49: 2, 8-10; Matthew 1: 1-17 The joy of the Reign consists in the unfailing promise
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Advent: The Choice for the Reign – Internal and Integral
Third Tuesday in Advent – December 16, 2025 Zephaniah 3: 1-2,9-13; Matthew 21: 28-32 The Joy of the Reign is a choice to be made,
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Advent: The Joy of the Reign – A Choice Against the Ego
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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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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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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