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Today’s feast commemorates the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December of 1531 to the Aztec peasant, St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.  The story is well-known and retold in countless … Read the rest

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December 11th is the feast of Damasus I (366-384).  During his time as Bishop of Rome, the language of the Liturgy was changed from Greek to Latin; he encouraged St. Jerome … Read the rest

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 December 10th marks the anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton, OCSO (1915-1968).  His writings on spirituality, justice, non-violence and inter-religious dialogue are foundational for the “New Monasticism” which calls all

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Saint Anna with Theotokos and Christ Child
Kathleen Anderson (1990)

We light the First Candle on the Advent Wreath.  

Signing our lips with a small sign of the Cross we say

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We light the First  & Second Candles on the Advent Wreath.
Then signing our lips with a small sign of the Cross we say or sing:

O Holy ONE + open … Read the rest