Category: Prayers in English

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take My yoke upon your shoulders.” –Matthew 11:28-29 Mass Readings: December 7 First: Isaiah 40:25-31; Resp: Psalm 103:1-4,8,10; Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30 In eighteen days, we will be singing “O come, all ye faithful.” When we come to Jesus with all our weariness and burdens, He will give us rest by first unburdening us and then re-burdening us with His yoke, the cross. When we realize that Jesus is about to put the weight of the cross on our lives, we are afraid and...

“They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but they found no way of getting him through because of the crowd, so they went up on the roof.” –Luke 5:18-19 Mass Readings: December 5 First: Isaiah 35:1-10; Resp: Psalm 85:9-14; Gospel: Luke 5:17-26 Many people, even Christians, have been so brainwashed, manipulated, and overwhelmed by the consumeristic hype of Christmas that they can’t see the Christ of Christmas because of the crowd of obstructions. Nevertheless, some of these people have not been so enslaved that they are helpless. These people, like Zacchaeus, can climb a tree,...

“Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest! On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book; and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.” –Isaiah 29:17-18 Mass Readings: December 2 First: Isaiah 29:17-24; Resp: Psalm 27:1,4,13-14; Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31 The word from today’s eucharistic readings is “transformations.” Tyrants who oppress their subjects “will be no more” and the arrogant who torment their neighbors “will have gone” (Is 29:20; see also Rv 18:2; Is 37:36-38). The deaf hear. The blind see. Lebanon, a nation known...

“It did not collapse; it had been solidly set on rock.” —Matthew 7:25 Mass Readings: December 1 First: Isaiah 26:1-6; Resp: Psalm 118:1,8-9,19-21,25-27; Gospel: Matthew 7:21,24-27 Every Realtor knows that the future value of a house is based upon its present location. Likewise, Jesus teaches that the future of our lives is based upon our location. We are to build our lives upon every word that comes from the mouth of Jesus (Mt 4:4). If we make Jesus’ words our home (Jn 8:31, JB) and put His words into practice (Mt 7:24), we will build our lives upon the unshakable...