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“O Beauty so ancient and so new!”

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Year A, Jan 1. 2026) Luke 2:16-21 “Too late have loved I Thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, too late have I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without, and I sought thee out there. Unlovely, I rushed heedlessly among the lovely things thou hast made.

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“Not like the Strong but like the Weak…”

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph  (Year A, Dec 28, 2025) Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 “How I cherish seeing the Lord of majesty showing himself – so far as bodily exertion and human emotion are concerned – not like the strong but like the weak. What a comfort it is to me in my weakness! Indeed, this

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“Christian, Remember Your Dignity!”

Merry Christmas~~! Luke 2:15-20   “Christian, remember your dignity!” Dearly beloved, today our Saviour is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason

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Candle Lighting of the Fourth Sunday of Advent

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A, Dec 21, 2025) Matthew 1:18-24    This evening, we light our final Advent Candle, a candle of fulfillment. The fullness of time has come. During these days of Advent, we have tried to respond in love to the divine spark in each person, each circumstance, all creation. We have trodden the Way, who is

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Candle Lighting of the Third Sunday of Advent

Third Sunday of Advent (Year A, Dec 14, 2025) Matthew 11:2-11   The third Sunday of Advent. The Sunday of joy. Rejoice. Glad tidings. It has been said, joy is the echo of God’s life in us. In these days of opening out to our God who fills every atom of creation with his presence, these days of quiet openness

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Candle Lighting of the Second Sunday of Advent

Second Sunday of Advent (Year A, Dec 7, 2025) Matthew 3:1-12   You might say that this week of Advent is a journey into knowing the way on which we walk. If we are on a journey, it is important to know where we wish to go and which path to take. Sunday’s liturgy cries out in the first reading

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Candle Lighting of the First Sunday of Advent

First Sunday of Advent (Year A, Nov 30, 2025) Matthew 24:37-44 Come.  In days to come…  O come, Emmanuel.  We will hear this cry of the human heart for God many times throughout the liturgy in these days of Advent. Why still the cry if the actual physical coming of God into our world in the person of Jesus is already

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Three Comings of the Lord

First Sunday of Advent (Year A, Nov 30, 2025) Matthew 24:37-44 Three Comings of the Lord   We know that there are three comings of the Lord. The third lies between the other two. It is invisible, while the other two are visible. In the first coming he was seen on earth, dwelling among men; he himself testifies that they saw

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