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1st Sunday of Advent, Year B, 3 December 2023 Note: Homilies & Angelus / Regina Caeli of Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI & Pope Francis I had been compiled for you after the Mass Readings below. Happy Reading! Liturgical Colour: Violet.
Mass Readings from USCCB, ETWN, Universalis (Christian Art). See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-531. 8-) 1st Reading: Isaiah 63: 16B-17, 19B, 64:2-7; Responsorial: Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9; Gospel Reading: Mark 13: 33-37, Gospel Video. Commentaries of the Saints: Mark Chapter 13 from CATENA AUREA BY SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.
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Note: Before you read further, kindly be informed that we have found out on 1 December 2023 that the REAL Seer Sister Lucia from the Fatima Apparitions had been “missing” starting around 1960. It was reported that Pope John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI could be involved in this. The Imposter has been declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on June 22, 2023. Twitter. Medjugorje Visionary Ivan on Seeing Pope John Paul II in an Apparition Pope Benedict's Sign From Heaven to Dr Hesemann on the Day of His Passing! 31st December, 2022
Homilies, Angelus / Regina Caeli of
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-531. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-532. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-532. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-533. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-533. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-533. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-534. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-534. 8-)
See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-535. 8-)
Today we begin the journey of Advent, which will culminate in Christmas. Advent is the time we are given to welcome the Lord who comes to encounter us, and also to verify our longing for God, to look forward and prepare ourselves for Christ’s return. He will return to us in the celebration of Christmas, when we will remember his historic coming in the humility of the human condition; but he enters our heart each time we are willing to receive him; and he will come again at the end of time to “judge the living and the dead”. Therefore, we must always be vigilant and await the Lord with the hope of encountering him. Today’s liturgy introduces us precisely to this evocative theme of vigilance and waiting.
In the Gospel (cf. Mark 13:33-37) Jesus exhorts us to take heed and watch, so as to be ready to welcome him at the moment of his return. He tells us: “Take heed, watch ... for you do not know when the time will come.... Watch therefore ... lest he come suddenly and find you asleep” (vv. 33-37).
The person who takes heed is the one who, amid the worldly din, does not let himself be overwhelmed by distraction or superficiality, but lives in a full and conscious way, with concern first and foremost for others. With this manner we become aware of the tears and the needs of neighbours and we can also understand their human and spiritual strengths and qualities. The heedful person then also turns toward the world, seeking to counter the indifference and cruelty in it, and taking delight in its beautiful treasures which also exist and are to be safeguarded. It is a matter of having an understanding gaze so as to recognize both the misery and poverty of individuals and of society, and to recognize the richness hidden in little everyday things, precisely there where the Lord has placed us.
The watchful person is the one who accepts the invitation to keep watch, that is, not to let himself be overpowered by the listlessness of discouragement, by the lack of hope, by disappointment; and at the same time it wards off the allure of the many vanities with which the world is brimming and for which, now and then, time and personal and familial peace is sacrificed. It is the painful experience of the people of Israel, recounted by the Prophet Isaiah: God seemed to have let his people err from his ways (cf. 63:17), but this was a result of the unfaithfulness of the people themselves (cf. 64:4b). We too often find ourselves in this situation of unfaithfulness to the call of the Lord: He shows us the good path, the way of faith, the way of love, but we seek our happiness elsewhere.
Being attentive and watchful are prerequisites so as not to continue to “err from the Lord’s ways”, lost in our sins and in our unfaithfulness; being attentive and being watchful are the conditions that allow God to permeate our existence, in order to restore meaning and value to it with his presence full of goodness and tenderness. May Mary Most Holy, role model for awaiting God and icon of watchfulness, lead us to her son Jesus, rekindling our love for him. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 3 December 2017)
Important Note: We found these News record (starting from 19 April 2023). We prayed to God for direction on what to do next, we were instructed to stop updating the Homilies, Regina Caeli/ Angelus and the General Audiences from the Vatican (until the matters are resolved) as we lay persons are unable to discern quickly what is beneficial/detrimental to our souls and yours, and this work is supposed to be a Thanksgiving to Him who loves us and has blessed us. Thanks for following us.
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Compiled on 22 November 2020, 16:24 SGT Last updated: 2 December 2023, 21:38 SGT
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