Sharing the Word

Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent December 19, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Luke 1:5-25 Today’s Gospel recounts the promise to Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, that their barrenness would finally end and she would bear a son. Zechariah ...

Saturday of the Third Week of Advent December 17, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 49:2, 8-10 During these last days before Christmas, the first readings in the Eucharistic liturgy are more sharply focused on the coming of the Messiah. ...

Friday of the Third Week of Advent December 16, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: John 5:33-36 There were many prophets like John the Baptist who spoke the truth and prepared the people for the coming of Jesus the Savior. Given ...

Thursday of the Third Week of Advent December 15, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 54:1-10 The Lord coming to his people is a Lord of generosity and forgiveness. He promises his people a multitude of offspring as a sign ...

Memorial of Saint John of the Cross December 14, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25 Through Isaiah the Lord continues to speak to his people of their salvation. The Lord is the master of light and darkness. ...

Memorial of Saint Lucy December 13, 2022Daily Reading from the USCCB: Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 The prophet Zephaniah preached about 100 years after the northern kingdom of Israel had been destroyed by the Assyrians. By this time the southern kingdom of ...