9 December, Saturday of the First Week of Advent, Commemoration of Saint Juan Diego, Hermit
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR Come, Lord, You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, show us Your face and we shall be saved (Ps 79:4, 2). COLLECT...
Our Lady’s Hermit
“Hear and let it penetrate into your heart, my dear little son: let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you: let nothing alter your heart or...
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino
December 8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Psalm 97: 1, 2-3ab, 3cdd-4 Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 Luke 1:26-38 A Song...
Tota Pulchra Es, O Maria
Mary of Great Beauty Some weeks ago, I stopped to browse at Cutler’s on Broadway, New Haven’s best and biggest record shop. For me, a...
8 December, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This seventeenth century Spanish painting is remarkable in that it depicts Saint Joachim and Saint Anne together with the Immaculate Conception, their daughter full of...