Category: Daily Reflections

“You shall conceive and bear a Son and give Him the name Jesus.” –Luke 1:31 Mass Readings: December 8 First: Genesis 3:9-15,20; Resp: Psalm 98:1-4; Second: Ephesians 1:3-6,11-12; Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 About five billion people today do not believe that Jesus is God; they see Him as only a man. This heresy, Arianism, has been common for centuries. The fact that the virgin Mary conceived Jesus without sexual relations intimates that Jesus was not just a man but God, “Son of the Most High” (Lk 1:32), “Son of God” (Lk 1:35). Other people do not believe Jesus is a man....

“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,...