Spiritual Steps to Christmas: First Wednesday in Advent – YouTube
Lisa continues her reading from Spiritual Steps to Christmas by the Very Reverend Msgr. Aloysius Coogan. Spiritual Steps to Christmas:
Day: December 4, 2024
Evening Meditations for Wednesday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
Consider that God, having created the first man to serve Him and love Him in this life, and to be afterwards taken by Him to reign eternally with Him in Paradise, enriched him for this end with many lights and graces. But ungrateful man rebelled against God, refusing Him the obedience which he owed Him both in justice and gratitude; and thus he unhappily remained as a rebel, deprived, with all his posterity, of Divine grace, and for ever excluded from Paradise.
The Liturgical Year: First Wednesday in Advent – YouTube
Father Timothy Geckle reads from the Liturgical Year by Abbot Dom Gueranger, O.S.B. The Liturgical Year: First Wednesday in Advent
Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: December 4th
Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 25th on the parable of the Talents, Matt xxv
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: S. Peter Chrysologus, Doctor of the Church
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast-July 30) Born at Imola, Italy in 406, St. Peter was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. St. Peter merited being called “Chrysologus” (golden-worded) from his exceptional oratorical eloquence…
Spiritual Reading for Wednesday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
St. Jerome spent his days in the Cave of Bethlehem in prayer and penance, and trembled at the thought of Jesus coming at the Last Day to judge the world.
Morning Meditation for Wednesday of the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
In tribulations God enriches His beloved souls with the greatest graces. It is in his chains that St. John comes to the knowledge of the works of Jesus Christ. Let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which we are chastised have happened for our amendment and not for our destruction (Judith, viii. 27).
The Jesse Tree Advent Reflections
A Daily Advent Reflection by Jerome Lloyd focuses on the traditional Jesse Tree symbology, guiding us through God’s salvation story from creation to Christ’s arrival. Each day’s meditation includes a symbol, Scripture, and promise, enriching our understanding of God’s love and preparing our hearts for Christmas and the fulfillment of His promises.