John has been chosen to prepare the way of the Lord. Reading: Lk 1: 8-17

Season Of Mercy-Reflections by Pope Francis For Living The Holy Year Of Mercy Season By Season

December 17 St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179 Advent Bible Reading 1 Corinthians 1:10 Advent Prayer: Lord, grant that we be more and more united, never to be instruments of division. Enable us to commit ourselves, as the beautiful Franciscan prayer says

“Come to me, all of you who labor and are overburdened, and I will give you rest” Mt 11:28

What is generated in her comes from the Holy Spirit. Reading: Matthew 1;18-21 Prayer: O Lord God, grant that we may await with great fervour the divine event, in which the Blessed Virgin, by the work of the Holy Spirit, gives birth to a God and christ wh

O God, illuminate our minds and our hearts, so that we may obey, unhesitatingly, the word of your son Jesus. Give us the courage to decide not to let ourselves be dragged along, letting others direct our life. Move our hands and feet toward others direct

December 15 Blessed Mary Frances Schervier (1819-1876) This woman who once wanted to become a Trappistine nun was instead led by God to establish a community of sisters who care for the sick and aged in the United States and throughout the world. Born int

December 15 Blessed Mary Frances Schervier (1819-1876) Reading: 4:12 Prayer: O Jesus, make my heart open to the word of God, make my heart open to goodness, make my heart open to the beauty of God every day, make my heart open to the beauty of God every

Jubilee of Mercy  December 8, 2015-November 20, 2016

December 14 St. John of the Cross (1541-1591) Reading: Isaiah 30:18 Prayer: O God, you are love, you are waiting for us us, you are our Father, who is good and loves us as a true father loves, who love us truly and forgives is as the Holy Spirit tells us