When I lived in Peru, I knew a holy woman who always led the town in the traditional novena that prepared them for their big feast. She had a wonderful voice and she projected it so that a large crowd ...

"The kingdom of heaven is at hand!" "In that great gettin' up morning, fare thee well, fare thee well." John the Baptist proclaimed the first of these statements, the second is from a traditional ...

Regardless of which Evangelist is the particular focus in the three-year Sunday cycle of readings, the Gospels of the Second and Third Sundays of Advent always focus on the person and work of St. John ...

Sunday, Dec. 10, is the Second Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Psalm 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8. The second reading in today’s Mass speaks to us of “the ...

"John the Baptist appeared in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mark 1:4). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The ...