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DECEMBER 2021

DAILY PRAYER FOR TODAY’S CATHOLIC®

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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✛ St. Edmund Campion St. Hilary of Poitiers

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✛ Bd. Liduina Meneguzzi

Carolyn Woo

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St. Francis Xavier

✛ St. Francis Xavier Marguerite Porete

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[St. John Damascene]

✛ Mary Frances Clarke Fr. Eric Hollas

5 Second Week of Advent V

Bd. Guerric of Igny

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[St. Nicholas]

✛ St. Crispina David Farina

Turnbloom

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St. Ambrose

✛ St. Ambrose Howard Thurman

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Immaculate Conception

Edward P. Hahnenberg

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[St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin]

✛ Gordon Zahn Daniella

Zsupan-Jerome

10 V

✛ Thomas Merton Jan Richardson

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[St. Damasus I]

✛ St. Daniel the Stylite Fr. Don Talafous

Within the Word: Exile to Exhilaration to Reality Abbot Gregory Polan

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Richard R. Gaillardetz

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St. Lucy

✛ St. Finnian of Clonard Sr. Melannie Svoboda

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St. John of the Cross

✛ St. John of the Cross Eric Clayton

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✛ Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns

Tish Harrison Warren

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✛ Maude Dominica Petre

Sr. Julia Upton

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✛ Dorothy Sayers Fr. Corbin Eddy

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✛ Mother Mary Alfred Moes

Fran Rossi SzpylczynWithin the Word: Enter John the Baptist and Jesus Fr. Michael Patella

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Kathleen Norris

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✛ St. Paula Cerioli Caryll Houselander

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[St. Peter Canisius]

✛ Ven. Angela Maria Autsch

Michael E. Lee

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✛ Rabbi Abraham Heschel

Darius A. Villalobos

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[St. John of Kanty]

✛ Holy Shepherds Fr. Karl Rahner

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Sr. Meg Funk

WNativity of the Lord Valerie Schultz

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Nativity of the Lord

St. Basil the GreatWithin the Word: Leaping for Joy

Sr. Barbara Reid

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Holy Family

Melody S. Gee

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St. John

✛ St. John Fr. Guerric DeBona

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Holy Innocents

✛ St. Gaspar del Bufalo Fr. Ronald Rolheiser

29 W

[St. Thomas Becket]

✛ St. Fabiola Madeleine Delbrêl

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✛ Bd. Eugenia Ravasco Christina Leaño

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[St. Sylvester I]

✛ St. John Francis Regis Mary Stommes

Within the Word: Suffering of the Innocents Catherine Upchurch

December 2021

Key✛ Blessed Among Us by Robert Ellsberg Reflection / Within the Word Author[ ] Optional MemorialVestment colors:V Violet R Red W White

The calendar and key are your guide to the complete month of content.

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Illustration by Frank Kacmarcik, OblSB.

Sunday, December 5

MorningO Lord, open my lips.And my mouth will proclaim your praise.

(opt. hymn, pp. 366–73)Psalm 118:24-29This is the day the Lord has made;let us rejoice in it and be glad.

We beseech you, O Lord, grant salvation;We beseech you, O Lord, grant success.Blest is he who comesin the name of the Lord.We bless you from the house of the Lord;the Lord is God, and has given us light.

Go forward in procession with branches,as far as the horns of the altar.You are my God, I thank you.My God, I praise you.Give thanks to the Lord, who is good,whose faithful love endures forever.

Glory to the Father . . .

Scripture Tobit 13:15-16a, 16c-18

My soul, bless the Lord, the great King; / for Jerusalem will be rebuilt as his house forever.

The gates of Jerusalem will be built with sapphire and emerald, / and all your walls with precious stones. / The towers of Jerusalem will be built with gold, / and their

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battlements with purest gold. / The streets of Jerusalem will be paved / with rubies and stones of Ophir; / The gates of Jerusalem will sing hymns of gladness, / and all its houses will cry out, Hallelujah! / Blessed be the God of Israel for all ages! / For in you the blessed will bless the holy name forever and ever.

Read, Ponder, Pray on a word or phrase from these readings or another of today’s Scriptures (Lectio Divina, p. 374)

AntiphonJerusalem, you will be named by God forever the peace of justice!

Canticle of Zechariah (inside front cover)

IntercessionsGod, our saving light, your goodness is everlasting. In trust we pray: r. God of splendor and glory, hear us.

Advance your Church’s commitment to mercy, justice, and peace. r.

Instruct Pope Francis, bishops and pastors, Church leaders and catechists in your ways of wisdom and compassion. r.

Animate us to reach out to those who are homebound or not served by their Church community. r.

Our Father . . .

May the Word of God bring wisdom and joy to our hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

MassSecond Sunday of Advent

Entrance Antiphon Cf. Isaiah 30:19, 30O people of Sion, behold, / the Lord will come to save the nations, / and the Lord will make the glory of his voice heard / in the joy of your heart.

(The Gloria is omitted.)

CollectAlmighty and merciful God,may no earthly undertaking hinder thosewho set out in haste to meet your Son,but may our learning of heavenly wisdomgain us admittance to his company.Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the

Holy Spirit,God, for ever and ever.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Baruch 5:1-9

Jerusalem, God will show your splendor.

Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; / put on the splendor of glory from God forever: /

wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, / bear on your head the mitre / that displays the glory of the eternal name. / For God will show all the earth your splendor: / you will be named by God forever / the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship.

Up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; / look to the east and see your children / gathered from the east and the west / at the word of the Holy One, / rejoicing that they are re-membered by God. / Led away on foot by their enemies they


left you: / but God will bring them back to you / borne aloft in glory as on royal thrones. / For God has commanded / that every lofty mountain be made low, / and that the age-old depths and gorges / be filled to level ground, / that Israel may advance secure in the glory of God. / The forests and every fragrant kind of tree / have overshadowed Israel at God’s command; / for God is leading Israel in joy / by the light of his glory, / with his mercy and justice for company.The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6

r. (3) The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

When the Lord brought back the captives of Zion,we were like men dreaming.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with rejoicing. r.

Then they said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”

The Lord has done great things for us;we are glad indeed. r.

Restore our fortunes, O Lord,like the torrents in the southern desert.

Those who sow in tearsshall reap rejoicing. r.

Although they go forth weeping,carrying the seed to be sown,

they shall come back rejoicing,carrying their sheaves. r.

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11

Show yourselves pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

Brothers and sisters: I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the

gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus. God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righ-teousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.The word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Luke 3:4, 6Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths:all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 3:1-6

All flesh shall see the salvation of God.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was

tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caia-phas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgive-ness 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. / Every valley shall be filled / and every mountain and hill shall be made low. / The winding roads shall be made straight, / and the rough ways made smooth, / and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”The Gospel of the Lord.

Creed (p. 339)

Prayer over the OfferingsBe pleased, O Lord, with our humble prayers and offerings,and, since we have no merits to plead our cause,come, we pray, to our rescuewith the protection of your mercy.Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon Baruch 5:5; 4:36Jerusalem, arise and stand upon the heights, / and behold the joy which comes to you from God.

Prayer after CommunionReplenished by the food of spiritual nourishment,we humbly beseech you, O Lord,that, through our partaking in this mystery,you may teach us to judge wisely the things of earthand hold firm to the things of heaven.Through Christ our Lord.

ReflectionAll His Paths Make for Peace

[L]et us hear what the Voice of the Word calls to us, so that one day we may progress from the Voice to the Word. “Pre-pare the way of the Lord,” he says, “make straight his paths” [cf. Isa 40:3]. They prepare the way who amend their lives; they make straight the paths who direct their footsteps along the narrow way. An amended life is certainly the straight road by which the Lord, who in this very conversion is already there before us, may come to us. . . . For unless he who is the Life, the Truth and the Way anticipates his own advent to us, our way cannot be corrected according to the model of truth, and so cannot be directed to the way of eternity.

By what does one correct her or his way, if not by observing the Lord’s words, if not by following in the footsteps of him who made himself the Way by which we might come to him?

O that my ways may be directed to keeping your ways, O Lord, so that because of the words from your lips I may follow even difficult ways. And if they should seem hard to the flesh that is weak they will seem sweet and pleasant to the spirit if it is resolute. “His ways are pleasant ways and all his paths make for peace,” says the inspired writer [Prov 3:17]. The ways of Wisdom are not only at peace, they bring peace.

Bd. Guerric of Igny, adapted from a Sermon for Advent

Guerric of Igny (ca. 1070–1157) was educated in the humanities and theology. An esteemed and seasoned scholar, he was encouraged to enter monastic life by Bernard of Clairvaux. He was elected abbot of Igny in 1138.


EveningGod, come to my assistance.Lord, make haste to help me.

(opt. hymn, pp. 366–73)Psalm 144:9-15To you, O God, will I sing a new song;I will play on the ten-stringed harpto you who give kings their victory,who redeemed your servant David,from the evil sword.

Rescue me, free me from the hands of foreign foes,whose mouths speak lies,whose right hands are raised in perjury.

Let our sons then flourish like saplings,grown tall and strong from their youth;our daughters graceful as columns,as though they were carved for a palace.

Let our barns be filled to overflowingwith crops of every kind;our sheep increasing by thousands,tens of thousands in our fields,our cattle heavy with young.

No ruined wall, no exile,no sound of weeping in our streets.Blessed the people of whom this is true;blessed the people whose God is the Lord!


Scripture Romans 12:1-2

I urge you therefore . . . by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God,

your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.


AntiphonMay you be found rich in the harvest of justice that Jesus Christ has ripened in you.

Canticle of Mary (inside back cover)

IntercessionsCreating God, you are the Alpha and the Omega, ever ancient and ever new. In hope we pray: r. Transform us, O God.

Open our minds and hearts to greater understanding of the Scriptures. r.

Increase our understanding of how to live in right relationship with one another and the earth. r.

Prosper efforts to end the death penalty and all forms of torture. r.

Our Father . . .

May the God of marvelous deeds gladden our hearts and fill our mouths with laughter and our tongues with rejoicing, through Jesus our salvation. Amen.

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Within the WordFrom Exile to Exhilaration to Reality

Snow White and Prince Charming lived happily ever after. So the fairy tale goes. But did they? We don’t know for sure. Yet it is clear if we read the Scriptures, they are not a collec-tion of fairy tales where everyone lived happily ever after. Sometimes, the biblical texts can give us that impression.

During the Second and Third Weeks of Advent, the Church reads a number of texts from Chapters 40–55 of the Book of Isaiah. The descriptions of the future paint a picture of mountains being leveled, valleys lifted up, dry ground becoming fresh springs of water, ears of the deaf being cleared, the lame leaping, and descendants as numerous as sand on the seashore. Significantly, the prophet is writing to people in exile. They had been taken from their homeland, inscribed into another nation, and were living among foreign-ers. Their temple worship discontinued, and their future identity was in question. Isaiah gave the people what they needed most: a word of hope from their God telling them, “Remember not the events of the past, the things of days gone by. Behold, I am doing something new!” (Isa 43:18-19a). This “something new” was yet to be revealed.

The texts carry a tone of exhilaration: “I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel will not forsake them” (Isa 41:17b). Amid all the hopes of how their life might change externally, there was something far deeper and more impor-tant for these exiles to take in, to reflect on, and to believe—God was with them and would not abandon them. The strength of their belief in God’s presence would fortify them to persevere in what they believed to be true and faithful.

Though the prophet’s imagery was hyperbolic, it was sym-bolic of something bigger than themselves, a re-creative act of God for which they must wait to see unfold. God was to do something new, and for that they could only dream.

When we read beyond these chapters in Isaiah, the prophet’s message takes on a new character. In Isaiah 56–66, the exiles have returned to their homeland by decree of the benevolent Cyrus of Persia. God had fulfilled the promise made through Isaiah that they would return and take possession of the land once promised to Abraham. However, not everything was as glorious and as elevated as initially preached to them. In fact, the return from exile was to be a time of rebuilding—not only the city walls and the temple but also their spiritual identity and moral fabric of life. God’s law now had to be interiorized and lived faithfully. God was doing something new in making it clear that a divine presence was with them, and they had their part to fulfill in trust and fidelity.

These readings summon us to understand the grand im-agery of Isaiah as a symbolic word of encouragement and support. God remains faithful and is always doing something new, beyond our expectation, yet always for our growth into an ever more mature and responsible faith. The wisdom of God exceeds our expectations. This is the reality of our human existence.

The season of Advent immerses us in the awareness that God continues to come among us each and every day. Some-times we can see it clearly, sometimes opaquely; and some-times we have to wait to understand it. Advent is not only a season; it is a daily occurrence.

—Abbot Gregory Polan

Gregory J. Polan is the Abbot Primate of the worldwide Benedictine Confederation. A monk and the former abbot of Conception Abbey in Missouri, he currently resides at Sant’Anselmo in Rome.

Short meditations on a topic that appears in the week’s readings.

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Monday, December 6

MorningO Lord, open my lips.And my mouth will proclaim your praise.

(opt. hymn, pp. 366–73)Psalm 65:6, 10-14With wondrous deliverance you answer us,O God our savior.You are the hope of all the earth,and of far distant seas.

You visit the earth, give it water;you fill it with riches.God’s ever-flowing river brims overto prepare the grain.

And thus it is you who prepare it:you drench its furrows;you level it, soften it with showers;you bless its growth.

You crown the year with your bounty,and abundance flows in your pathways.The pastures of the desert overflow,and the hills are girded with joy,

The meadows are clothed with flocks,and the valleys are decked with wheat.They shout for joy, and even sing!


Scripture Isaiah 51:9-11

A wake, awake, put on strength, / arm of the Lord! / Awake as in the days of old, / in ages long ago! / Was

it not you who crushed Rahab, / you who pierced the dragon? / Was it not you who dried up the sea, / the waters of the great deep, / You who made the depths of the sea into a way / for the redeemed to pass through? / Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return / and enter Zion singing, / crowned with everlasting joy; / They will meet with joy and gladness, / sorrow and mourning will flee.


AntiphonBe strong; fear not! Here is your God!

Canticle of Zechariah (inside front cover)

IntercessionsGod of deliverance, in your wisdom you made St. Nicholas a sign of your love for the poor. In company with him we pray: r. Awaken us to joy, O God.

Inspire your Church to embrace the teachings of Pope Francis and walk in the light of the Gospel. r.

Open our eyes to the presence of the divine in the natural world. r.

Help us to show appreciation and love to our elders, helpers, and faithful friends. r.

Our Father . . .

May the love of God, the grace of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit be with us and remain with us always. Amen.

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Blessed Among UsSt. CrispinaMartyr (d. 304)

Crispina, a Christian noblewoman from North Africa, was the mother of several children. During a period of anti-Christian persecution in 304 she was arrested and brought before the proconsul of Theveste. From the transcript of her trial she emerges as a woman of exceptional courage and self-possession. Clearly unimpressed by the power of her judge, she confronted his threats with stern patience and uncom-promising dignity.

When the proconsul proclaimed that she must be stupid not to worship the gods of Rome, she replied that she wor-shiped none other than the true and living God: “A religion that inflicts torture on those who do not adhere to it is not a religion. . . . I have remained a stranger to your rites, and as long as I live I shall never honor them.”

When her judge asked whether she wanted to live a long time or die in torment, Crispina replied: “If I wanted to die and deliver my soul to the ravages of eternal fire, I would put my faith in your demons.” Upon hearing the sentence of death, she proclaimed: “I bless my God and thank him for the grace he accords me in thus freeing me from your hands. Thanks be to him.”

After marking herself with the sign of the cross, she knelt and offered her neck to the executioner.

“I sacrifice to the eternal God who made the sea, the green fields, the sand of the desert. What have I to fear from those who are only his creatures?”

—St. Crispina

MassMonday of the Second Week of Advent

[St. Nicholas, opt. memorial]

Entrance Antiphon Cf. Jeremiah 31:10; Isaiah 35:4Hear the word of the Lord, O nations; / declare it to the distant lands: / Behold, our Savior will come; you need no longer fear.

CollectMay our prayer of petitionrise before you, we pray, O Lord,that, with purity unblemished,we, your servants, may come, as we desire,to celebrate the great mysteryof the Incarnation of your Only Begotten Son.Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the

Holy Spirit,God, for ever and ever.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 35:1-10

God himself will come and save you.

The desert and the parched land will exult; / the steppe will rejoice and bloom. / They will bloom with abun-

dant flowers, / and rejoice with joyful song. / The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, / the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; / They will see the glory of the Lord, / the splendor of our God. / Strengthen the hands that are feeble, / make firm the knees that are weak, / Say to those whose hearts are frightened: / Be strong, fear not! / Here is your God, / he comes with vindication; / With divine recompense / he comes to save you. / Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, / the ears of the deaf be cleared; / Then will the lame leap like a stag, / then the tongue of the mute will sing.

Inspiring stories of men and women who lived holy lives or accomplished holy works, from ancient times to the present.


Streams will burst forth in the desert, / and rivers in the steppe. / The burning sands will become pools, / and the thirsty ground, springs of water; / The abode where jackals lurk / will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus. / A highway will be there, / called the holy way; / No one unclean may pass over it, / nor fools go astray on it. / No lion will be there, / nor beast of prey go up to be met upon it. / It is for those with a journey to make, / and on it the redeemed will walk. / Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return / and enter Zion singing, / crowned with everlasting joy; / They will meet with joy and gladness, / sorrow and mourn-ing will flee.The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14

r. (Isaiah 35:4f) Our God will come to save us!

I will hear what God proclaims;the Lord—for he proclaims peace to his people.

Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,glory dwelling in our land. r.

Kindness and truth shall meet;justice and peace shall kiss.

Truth shall spring out of the earth,and justice shall look down from heaven. r.

The Lord himself will give his benefits;our land shall yield its increase.

Justice shall walk before him,and salvation, along the way of his steps. r.

Gospel AcclamationBehold the king will come, the Lord of the earth,and he himself will lift the yoke of our captivity.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 5:17-26

We have seen incredible things today.

One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee

and Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there, and the power of the Lord was with him for healing. And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence. But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles into the middle in front of Jesus. When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “As for you, your sins are forgiven.”

Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, “What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the one who was paralyzed, “I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”

He stood up immediately before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God, and, struck with awe, they said, “We have seen incredible things today.”The Gospel of the Lord.

Prayer over the OfferingsAccept, we pray, O Lord, these offerings we make,gathered from among your gifts to us,and may what you grant us to celebrate devoutly here

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gain for us the prize of eternal redemption.Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon Cf. Psalm 106 (105):4-5; Isaiah 38:3Come, O Lord, visit us in peace, / that we may rejoice before you with a blameless heart.

Prayer after CommunionMay these mysteries, O Lord,in which we have participated,profit us, we pray,for even now, as we walk amid passing things,you teach us by themto love the things of heavenand hold fast to what endures.Through Christ our Lord.

ReflectionTo See Incredible Things

My mother has multiple sclerosis and has used a wheelchair since I was a young child. She used to tell me the story of the paralytic being lowered through the roof. I always thought that Jesus looked into the heart of the paralyzed man, saw his faith, and healed him as a reward for his trust in Jesus’ power. I was impressed by the miraculous healing. It made sense that “salvation” meant being healed from a disease. After all, I wanted my mother to be able to walk.

Later in life, this story took on new meaning. Eventually, I noticed that Jesus did not look into the heart of the para-lyzed man. The story tells us that Jesus “saw their faith”—“they” being the group of determined friends who had

lowered the man through the roof simply so they could all be in the presence of Jesus. In this story, faith is not some interior disposition of the heart; faith is an activity. A group of people wanted their friend to have access to Jesus, so they fought to get him there. None of them ever asked Jesus to heal the paralyzed man.

Those of us who have able bodies and full mobility find it hard to imagine that the paralyzed man and his friends sim-ply wanted to sit in Jesus’ presence.

As a kid, I thought my mom was sick, and I wanted her to be healthy. As an adult, I see her as one of the healthiest people I know—precisely because she knows how to truly long for the presence of Jesus.

David Farina Turnbloom

David Farina Turnbloom is assistant professor of theology at the University of Portland and author of Speaking with Aquinas.


EveningGod, come to my assistance.Lord, make haste to help me.

(opt. hymn, pp. 366–73)Psalm 7:2-6, 9-10O Lord, my God, I take refuge in you.Save and rescue me from all my pursuers,lest like a lion they tear me apart,and drag me off with no one to rescue me.

If I have done this, O Lord, my God,if there is wrong on my hands,if I have paid back evil for good,or plundered my foe without cause:

Then let my foes pursue my soul and seize me,let them trample my life to the ground,and lay my honor in the dust.

The Lord is judge of the peoples.Give judgment for me, O Lord,for I am righteous and blameless of heart.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked!Make the righteous stand firm.It is you who test mind and heart,O righteous God!


Scripture Acts 13:32-33, 38-39

We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you that what God promised our ancestors he has brought

to fulfillment for us, [their] children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my son; this

day I have begotten you.’ You must know . . . that through him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you, [and] in regard to everything from which you could not be justified under the law of Moses, in him every believer is justified.”


AntiphonThis day your sins are forgiven.

Canticle of Mary (inside back cover)

IntercessionsGod, our rock and refuge, you are merciful and forgiving. In trust we pray: r. Hear us, O God.

Help us to increase services for women in crisis pregnancies. r.

Inspire efforts to educate the public about racism, and help us to address causes of intolerance and prejudice. r.

Safeguard those who are on the streets and those who are without sufficient heat or provisions. r.

Our Father . . .

May the Lord look upon us with kindness, fill our hearts with peace, and lead us to walk the path of justice through Jesus, the Sun of Justice. Amen.

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