This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, December 5th Luke 3:1-6.
“John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’”
“John the Baptist calls everyone to prepare for Jesus’ coming, when salvation will come to all people. How are valleys filled in, mountains made low, paths made straight, and rough ways smoothed? Repentance. Repentance allows us to put aside the past and focus on the future.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Winter 2021-2022
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday Isaiah 35:1-10; Luke 5:17-26
Tuesday Isaiah 40:1-11; Matthew 18:12-14
Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) – “He excelled as a preacher, teacher and pastor and influenced the conversion of Saint Augustine.”
Wednesday Genesis 3:9-15,20; Ephesians 1:3-6,11-12; Luke 1:26-38
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feast) – “In 1854 Pius IX defined the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception as a dogma of faith that Mary was born without original sin.”
Thursday Isaiah 41:13-20; Matthew 11:11-15
Friday Isaiah 48:17-19; Matthew 11:16-19
Saturday Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11; Matthew 17:9a, 10-13
SOURCE: Living With Christ, December 2021