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“Behold the lamb of God, he who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). With the feast of the Baptism of the Lord we have entered the liturgical season that we call “ordinary” time. On this second Sunday, the Gospel presents to us the scene of the meeting between Jesus and John the Baptist…

Prayer: All make the sign of the cross. The leader begins: Let us praise the Lord of days and seasons and years, saying: Glory to God in the highest! All respond: And peace to his people on earth! Leader: Our lives are made of days and nights, of seasons and years, for we are part…

The Feast of the Holy Family celebrates the human family unit, as well as the ultimate family unit: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The feast is usually celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. If Christmas is a Sunday, then the feast is celebrated on December 30.  The Liturgical Color(s) is white. Scriptural References for the Holy…

When we celebrate Christmas, we are commemorating the three nativities of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  This is why the readings are different throughout the Masses on Christmas. The first nativity is the eternal begetting of God the Son from all eternity within the mystery of the Blessed Trinity by the Father. This first nativity was…