Spes Nostra

3 December 2007
Monday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah 4:2-6 Psalm 121: 1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7), 8-9 (R. 1) Matthew 8:5-11 Isaiah’s Gift Spe Salvi, the...

Conditor Alme Siderum

2 December 2007
“At the very moment when the Magi, guided by the star, adored Christ the new king, astrology came to an end, because the stars were...

Ad Te Levavi and Spe Salvi

2 December 2007
An Introit and an Encyclical There is an immense hope in the liturgy of the First Sunday of Advent, making it perfectly consonant with Spe...

First Sunday of Advent

2 December 2007
Entrance Antiphon GR Unto you have I lifted up my soul. O my God, I trust in you, let me not be put to shame;...

Jubilee of Lourdes

1 December 2007
December 8, 2007 marks the opening of the Jubilee Year of Lourdes: 150 years after the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception,...