3rd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Vinner)

My Sisters  & Brothers in Christ, We are in the third Sunday of Advent, this day is called “Gaudete Sunday” because the Mass for today (in its original Latin text), begins with the opening antiphon: “Gaudete in Domino semper” –“Rejoice in the Lord always.”...

3rd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Francis)

Advent is a time of joy – joy in the waiting and this Sunday we wear the joyful rose-colored vestment. The messenger in the first reading is the ‘joyful messenger’, and his joy is that God is near and God is coming. This would be the message of Jesus –that he was the...

2nd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Francis)

A patient called up her doctor. Something is wrong with her; she needed emergency treatment in her house. “Can you have somebody fetch me because my car broke down today?” the doctor said. “My husband and my children are here,” the patient replied. ‘All of them can...

2nd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Vinner)

“Homecoming” My sisters & Brothers in Christ, The central theme of today’s Liturgy for the Second Sunday of Advent is Homecoming All three readings focus on the absolute necessity of our getting ready for Christ’s “Homecoming” into our hearts and lives...