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Biblical Reflection for the 2nd Sunday of Advent

The Road Home  by Dr. Scott Hahn Readings: Baruch 5:1-9 Psalm 126:1-6 Philippians 1:4-6,8-11 Luke 3:1-6 Today’s Psalm paints a dream-like scene – a road filled with liberated captives heading home to Zion (Jerusalem), mouths filled with laughter, tongues rejoicing. … Continue reading

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Biblical reflection for the First Sunday in Advent.

by Dr. Scott Hahn Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:4-5,8-10,141 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Every Advent, the Liturgy of the Word gives our sense of time a reorientation. There’s a deliberate tension in the next four weeks’ readings – between … Continue reading

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Biblical reflection for the Thirty-third Sunday Ordinary Time

 by Dr. Scott Hahn  November 18th 2012 Hope in Tribulation Readings: Daniel 12:1-3 Psalm 16:5,8-11 Hebrews 10:11-14,18 Mark 13:24-32 In this, the second-to-the-last week of the Church year, Jesus has finally made it to Jerusalem. Near to His passion and … Continue reading

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December 18th, 2011 – Fourth Sunday in Advent: The Mystery Kept Secret.

Readings 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-11,16 Psalm 89:2-5,27,29 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 What is announced to Mary in today’s Gospel is the revelation of all that the prophets had spoken. It is, as Paul declares in today’s Epistle, the mystery kept … Continue reading

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