Friday, 15 December 2017 : Commentary Blessed John Henry Newman
O my Lord Jesus, whose love for me has been so great as to bring Thee down from heaven to save me, teach me, dear Lord, my sin—teach me its heinousness—teach me truly to repent of it—and pardon it in...
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‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another, "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did...
View ArticleFriday, 15 December 2017 : Letter to the Romans 9,30-33.
What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith; but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the...
View ArticleSaturday, 16 December 2017 : Commentary Duns Scotus Erigena
Into the theological plan of his gospel John the evangelist draws John the Baptist; “deep calls to deep” (Ps 42[41],8) at the utterance of divine mysteries. We hear the evangelist relating the story of...
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‘If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the...
View ArticleSaturday, 16 December 2017 : Letter to the Romans 10,1-13.
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For, being ignorant of the...
View ArticleSunday, 17 December 2017 : Commentary Leo XIII
The reason why Saint Joseph is particularly the Church's patron and for which the Church has high hopes in his protection and patronage, is that Joseph was Mary's spouse and was reputed to be the...
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Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her...
View ArticleSunday, 17 December 2017 : Letter to the Ephesians 3,1-13.
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given to me for you, and how the...
View ArticleMonday, 18 December 2017 : Commentary Saint Augustine
“The Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. So his brothers said to him: Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing… Jesus said to them: My time is not here,...
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After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. Now the Jewish festival of Booths was near. So his brothers...
View ArticleMonday, 18 December 2017 : Letter to the Romans 10,14-21.
How are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And how are they...
View ArticleTuesday, 19 December 2017 : Commentary Diadochus of Photike
Whoever loves his own life (Jn 12,25) cannot be loving God, but whoever does not cling to himself as a result of divine love's overflowing gifts is the one who loves God. Such a one never seeks their...
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The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, ‘Where is he?’ And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, ‘He is a good man’, others were...
View ArticleTuesday, 19 December 2017 : Letter to the Romans 11,1-12.
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not...
View ArticleWednesday, 20 December 2017 : Commentary Saint Augustine
Through the glorious achievements of the holy martyrs with which the Church blossoms everywhere, we are ourselves proving to our own eyes how true are the words we have been singing that: “Precious in...
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Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it...
View ArticleWednesday, 20 December 2017 : Letter to the Romans 8,31-39.
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else?...
View ArticleThursday, 21 December 2017 : Commentary Saint Anselm
Lord, how long will it be? (Ps 6,4). How long, Lord, will you forget us? How long will you hide your face from us? (Ps 12,2). When will you look upon us and hear us? When will you enlighten our eyes...
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Many in the crowd believed in him and were saying, ‘When the Messiah comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?’ The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief...
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