Her prayer, "Let it happen through me according ... hastening the coming of the day of our God." The Second Sunday of Advent calls us into the sort of waiting that actually hastens the fulfillment ...

Once we have contemplated them and their plight, we can pray for them, aware – better said, forewarned – that God may work through our prayer ... stage in the Second Week of Advent.

and they will be definitively fulfilled with the second advent and the eternal order. 3) What does the responsorial Psalm for this Sunday say? The responsorial psalm for this Sunday is a selection ...

Pope Benedict XVI Saint John Paul II offered a beautiful prayer for this season of hopeful anticipation: O Mother of our Advent, be with us and see to it that he will remain with us in this ...

Leader: We have lit a second candle as a sign of the coming light of Christ. Advent means coming ... constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in ...

Still, noted Lomnitzer during this season of Advent in 2023, there was more to come. "As the drama of God’s revelation intensifies, John the Baptist now appears, unlike any of the other prophets ...

The title? The Baptiser. Besides teaching the new church in Philippi, Paul also prays for it. This gives us another model for our own Advent prayers: “This is my prayer, that your love may overflow ...

On the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 15 ... and the immediate preparation for his Second Coming. Once this connection is made, various prayers of the Catholic Mass stand out.

Isaiah 40.1-11; Psalm 85.1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8 IF WE take the first two readings for Advent 2 at face value, the Second Coming will not be welcoming or comforting, but terrifying.