Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restJesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
… Read the restThe glory of the Lord entered the temple by the eastward gate,
and the house of God was filled with his splendor.
… Read the restHe who was from the beginning, God from God, Light from Light, is born for us.
The shepherds went in haste and found Mary and Joseph,
with the child cradled in a manger.… Read the rest
… Read the restWhen the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
Isaiah 35:2c
the splendor of our God.
About seven hundred years after the prophecy of Isaiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth to the promised Messiah in Bethlehem under the protection of St.… Read the rest
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40
Out of God’s furnace
Adam emerged,
Shining like silver and gold.
Light of the Godhead
Pure from his core
Robed him in Glory Threefold.… Read the rest
The hearts (kardia) of Jesus and Mary were so closely knit that they beat together as one.… Read the rest
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 2:41-51
The hidden years at Nazareth are shrouded in mystery. To what extent did Mary and Joseph realize that their son was divine? Luke’s Gospel tells us that when the boy was found in the temple after being missing for three days, “they did not understand what he said to them.”… Read the rest