Today’s O Antiphon is prayed in the Alleluia verse before the Gospel at today’s Mass. We pray, Oh root of Jesse’s stem sign of God’s love for all His people, come to save us without delay. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today’s O Antiphon that we pray at Mass is “Oh leader of the house of Israel, giver of the law to Moses on Sinai, come to rescues with your mighty power.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today at Mass we hear the first of the O Antiphons for the final week of Advent. Let us pray. Oh wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love, come to teach us the path of knowledge, Amen. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The O Antiphons are sung or recited at Vespers from December 17-23. The first letters of the titles, from last to first, appear to form a Latin acrostic, which translates to “Tomorrow, I will be.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today’s Prayer Reflection features Catherine Doherty and a book she wrote titled Donkey Bells. One reflection she shares in this book for Advent and Christmas is entitled, Childlike Hearts: Mangers for Christ. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. John of the Cross. He was a friar who along with St. Teresa of Avilla led a reform that led to what we now know as the discalced or “shoeless” Carmelites.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

As we prepare for the birth of Christ on Christmas, we look to one of the more prominent figures in Advent, St. John the Baptist who said of the Lord; “He must increase and I must decrease.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the Patroness of the Americas and the unborn. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of Pope St. Damascus I. He convened an ecumenical council to determine once and for all, which gospels and which letters should form the New Testament. He also commissioned St. Jerome to translate the Bible into Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tonight, our Jewish brothers and sisters will begin their celebration of Hanukah. Also known as the festival of lights, this Jewish feast goes back to the year 164 BC. After a period of persecution, the Jewish people under the leadership of the Maccabees family regained control of their land and they rebuilt the temple which […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Juan Diego. Though he was considered to be foolish, weak, and lowly, through him, God brought about the conversion of millions. The Blessed Mother appeared to Juan Diego in 1531. She left him with a miraculous picture of herself that he used to assure the bishop that he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius XI solemnly declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception which states that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more