4th Sunday in Advent, Year A Isaiah 7:10-14 Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (7c, 10b) Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-24 December 18, 2016 Isaiah offers a sign to King Ahaz but the king refuses. He tries to make his refusal look noble by saying, “I will not ask, I will not tempt the Lord!” but what is really …
3rd Sunday in Advent, Year A Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-13 December 11, 2016 “Be patient.” These are the words of James offers to the recipients of his letter. What are they to be patient in waiting for? “The Coming of the Lord.” The Letter of James is writing sometime …
I just sent out a letter to all our parishioners at St. Michael’s with our Christmas Mass schedule. In what follows, I share with you the first part of the letter for your reflection as we prepare for Christmas. We are entering into both a very holy time of the year and a very busy …
1st Sunday in Advent, Year A Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44 November 27, 2016 It should be apparent that the seasons are changing. Outside it is evident from the snow we got this past week that winter is coming. This is not the season change I want to talk …
Christmas – Mass During the Night Isaiah 9:1-6 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 December 25, 2015 The grace of God has appeared as a little baby laying in a manger. His name is Jesus. Today is a time to rejoice. Today a savior is born. Jesus is God visible. Baby Jesus is an image of God’s …
4th Sunday of Advent, Year C Micah 5:1-4a Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45 December 20, 2015 Today we hear the story of Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth. To understand the context of the story we first need to realize that this story happens immediately after the Annunciation where the Angel Gabriel told Mary …
The Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 55:1-11 1 John 5:1-9 Mark 1:7-11 January 11, 2015 Today our celebration of our Christmas Season draws to a close with our celebration of the Baptism of our Lord Jesus. Our Christmas Season began with our celebration of Jesus’ birth. Since then we have celebrated the Feast of the …
The Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 January 4, 2015 It’s Christmas! Well, it’s not Christmas day but we celebrate the Season of Christmas until the Baptism of the Lord, which falls on January 11th this year. Christmas is about the birth, the incarnation of our Lord Jesus. He came …
Christmas Mass During the Night Isaiah 9:1-6 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 December 25, 2014 Why are we here? The answer would seem obvious. It’s Christmas and that means we come to church but why? We have Mass every Sunday but with far less people than we will see today. What makes the difference? Well, for …
Here are some pre-Christmas thoughts I wrote for the bulletin as we come close to Christmas. Well, here we are just a few days till Christmas. We will celebrate Masses as follows: Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. Children’s Christmas Pageant with Mass immediately following 6:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. with Christmas Music beginning at 10:15 p.m. Christmas …
