Prepare for Epiphany
May the splendor of our Lord shed light upon our hearts.
Epiphany is January 5, 2025
Second Sunday of Advent
Our Lady of Guadalupe
The word awesome has lost its zing. “Webster’s dictionary defines awesome as ‘anything that leaves you in awe and wonder.‘ Like winning the lottery - twice,” comedian Bill Engvall once said. “That would be awesome. Getting a phone call from the IRS saying you’ve been audited and they owe you $50,000. That would be awesome.” Know what else would be awesome? Seeing an apparition of Mary, then having her grow roses in the middle of winter to prove it to the archbishop, then converting 9 million Aztecs within seven years. That would be - wait - that was awesome. https://cruxnow.com/faith/2014/12/12/four-awesome-facts-about-our-lady-of-guadalupe/
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
"Hail Mary, full of grace". For thousands of years, millions of times per day the Virgin Mary is greeted by the faithful with the greeting of the Archangel. The sons of the Church learn from the words of the Archangel Gabriel that the fullness of the mystery of God’s grace was realized in Holy Mary. St. Paul the Apostle teaches us that the Father made all fullness dwell in His Incarnate Son (c.f. Col 1:12-20), which overflows from Christ’s head and spills out on His Mystical Body that is the Church. Before descending in Body, Christ’s fullness was spread in a unique and unrepeatable way on Mary, predestined from eternity to be the Mother of God. https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-12-08
Our Lady of Guadalupe
The word awesome has lost its zing. “Webster’s dictionary defines awesome as ‘anything that leaves you in awe and wonder.‘ Like winning the lottery - twice,” comedian Bill Engvall once said. “That would be awesome. Getting a phone call from the IRS saying you’ve been audited and they owe you $50,000. That would be awesome.” Know what else would be awesome? Seeing an apparition of Mary, then having her grow roses in the middle of winter to prove it to the archbishop, then converting 9 million Aztecs within seven years. That would be - wait - that was awesome. https://cruxnow.com/faith/2014/12/12/four-awesome-facts-about-our-lady-of-guadalupe/
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
"Hail Mary, full of grace". For thousands of years, millions of times per day the Virgin Mary is greeted by the faithful with the greeting of the Archangel. The sons of the Church learn from the words of the Archangel Gabriel that the fullness of the mystery of God’s grace was realized in Holy Mary. St. Paul the Apostle teaches us that the Father made all fullness dwell in His Incarnate Son (c.f. Col 1:12-20), which overflows from Christ’s head and spills out on His Mystical Body that is the Church. Before descending in Body, Christ’s fullness was spread in a unique and unrepeatable way on Mary, predestined from eternity to be the Mother of God. https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-12-08
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