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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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“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Year C, Nov 23, 2025) Luke 23:35-43   “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.…” (Luke 23:42)   “Take from me, O Lord, heart of stone. Take away my hardened heart. Take away my uncircumcised heart. Give me a new heart, a heart of flesh, a pure heart!

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Beautiful Stones and Votive Offerings …

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Nov 16, 2025) Luke 21:5-19 “How the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and votive offerings…” (Luke 21:5)   “Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight … Is there some One Principle from which all take their grace…? Undoubtedly this Principle exists; it is something that is perceived at the first glance, something which the soul

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God of the Living

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Nov 9, 2025) Lk 20:27-38 “He is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” (Luke 20:38) The death of his father was announced to a certain monk. He turned to the messenger who had brought him the news and replied: “Stop your blasphemies. My father is

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He knows our hearts because he dwells there…

31st Saturday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Nov 8, 2025) Luke 16:9-15 “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your heart; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Lk 16:15) We all have an Operating System designed by God. It is the Operating System of who I really am,

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Monastic Experience Weekend

WHO: Women ages 20 to 40 who are interested in or discerning religious life

WHEN:  April 10 (Fri) 4 pm ~ April 12 (Sun) 6 pm, 2026

WHERE: Santa Rita Abbey, 14200 E Fish Canyon Rd Sonoita AZ 85637-6545   

COST: No fee    

REGISTER:  Monastic Experience Weekend, 2026

CONTACT:  [email protected] / 520-604-7972

FURTHER INFORMATION:  Monastic Experience Weekend

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