Tuesday, December 10, 2013

First Sunday of Advent - A (December 1, 2013) Homily

  First Sunday of Advent - A (December 1, 2013)  Readings: Isaiah 2: 1-5/ Romans 13: 11-14 / Matthew 24: 37-44 Fr. Charles Johnson, OP             If I ask what you long for in life, will it be the same as what you prepare for?  Is what you expect to come to pass the same as what you hope for?  In other...

Second Sunday of Advent - A (December 8, 2013) Homily

Second Sunday of Advent - A (December 8, 2013) Gospel reading:  Matthew 3: 1-12 Fr Charles Johnson, O.P.   One of the great spiritual writers of our time, Padre Ignacio Larrañaga, a Capuchin Franciscan priest who lived in Chile, died in late October at 85 years of age.  I had the privilege of hearing him give a talk 4 years ago in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, where...

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   Advent Greetings!  You've probably heard it many times before that Advent is a time of waiting and preparation for the coming of Christ, in anticipation of the birth of the child Jesus.  It has much to do with time...